Guidebook for Windermere & Cumbria
Food Scene
Lovely restaurant and pub in remote location. Food excellent. Need to book.
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The Masons Arms
Lovely restaurant and pub in remote location. Food excellent. Need to book.
Spectacular views, excellent food and service. Highly recommend three course 'Sharrow Through the Ages' lunch at £22.50p. Evening menu expensive but for a 'one off' treat for a very special occasion - this is the place! You need to book.
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Sharrow Bay
Spectacular views, excellent food and service. Highly recommend three course 'Sharrow Through the Ages' lunch at £22.50p. Evening menu expensive but for a 'one off' treat for a very special occasion - this is the place! You need to book.
Very pleasant - good food and not too far away.
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The Punch Bowl Inn, Crosthwaite
Very pleasant - good food and not too far away.
The White House
Robinson PlaceVery pleasant in the centre of Bowness. Outside seating area.
Upmarket restaurant and hotel- excellent service, excellent food and lovely views. Not cheap!
Miller Howe Hotel
Rayrigg RoadUpmarket restaurant and hotel- excellent service, excellent food and lovely views. Not cheap!
Jerichos
College RoadPleasant restaurant.
Award winning coffee shop. Owners are our neighbours!
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Homeground Coffee + Kitchen
56 Main RdAward winning coffee shop. Owners are our neighbours!
A tiny Lakeland shop in a 1630's school stocking gingerbread, rum butter, fudge and mint cake. A great Lake District present for folks back home.
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The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop
College StreetA tiny Lakeland shop in a 1630's school stocking gingerbread, rum butter, fudge and mint cake. A great Lake District present for folks back home.
The whole idea of Pedro’s is ‘food for sharing (similar to Tapas but with much bigger portions!)
A fun, friendly atmosphere, great food and plenty of cocktails!
Note: Used to be The Sun Hotel.
The Sun Inn Troutbeck
The whole idea of Pedro’s is ‘food for sharing (similar to Tapas but with much bigger portions!)
A fun, friendly atmosphere, great food and plenty of cocktails!
Note: Used to be The Sun Hotel.
Elegant spot in the middle of Bowness offering British menu
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Porto Restaurant
3 Ash StreetElegant spot in the middle of Bowness offering British menu
Drinks & Nightlife
Several night clubs, pubs and restaurants. Busy at weekends especially in the Summer.
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Bowness-on-Windermere
Several night clubs, pubs and restaurants. Busy at weekends especially in the Summer.
Sightseeing
Home of Beatrice Potter. Take the Bowness To Ferry House (Cross Lakes Shuttle) - car, pedestrian & bicycle ferry). This daily service runs every 40 minutes from Bowness Pier 3.
Either walk from Ferry House Jetty (3 miles and clearly signposted) or hop on the waiting Mountain Goat bus service. Combined Mountain Goat and boat tickets to Hill Top are available. Mountain Goat bus service at Ferry House also gives you access to Hawkshead and beyond.
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National Trust Hill Top
Home of Beatrice Potter. Take the Bowness To Ferry House (Cross Lakes Shuttle) - car, pedestrian & bicycle ferry). This daily service runs every 40 minutes from Bowness Pier 3.
Either walk from Ferry House Jetty (3 miles and clearly signposted) or hop on the waiting Mountain Goat bus service. Combined Mountain Goat and boat tickets to Hill Top are available. Mountain Goat bus service at Ferry House also gives you access to Hawkshead and beyond.
Go back in time - luxury cruise down Coniston. Stop at Brantwood for Brantwood House & Gardens and coffee shop.
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National Trust - Steam Yacht Gondola
Lake RoadGo back in time - luxury cruise down Coniston. Stop at Brantwood for Brantwood House & Gardens and coffee shop.
Boats from Glenridding to Aira Force, Pooley Bridge, Howtown etc.... - all good places to visit.
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Ullswater Steamers
Grisedale BridgeBoats from Glenridding to Aira Force, Pooley Bridge, Howtown etc.... - all good places to visit.
Beautiful lake - lots to do. Take the Gondola and stop at Brantwood - home of John Ruskin. Enjoy lunch or tea on terrace overlooking the lake at the Brantwood cafe. Lovely gardens too. Or walk up the Old Man of Coniston - footpath clearly marked but you will need walking boots.
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Coniston Water
Beautiful lake - lots to do. Take the Gondola and stop at Brantwood - home of John Ruskin. Enjoy lunch or tea on terrace overlooking the lake at the Brantwood cafe. Lovely gardens too. Or walk up the Old Man of Coniston - footpath clearly marked but you will need walking boots.
This fascinating Victorian building built in 1790 has a colourful history and offers stunning views of the lake. The station is a short uphill walk from Ferry House jetty and is well worth a visit with historical information and courtyard café.
Take the Windermere ferry from Bowness which runs every 40 minutes.
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Claife Viewing Station and Windermere West Shore
This fascinating Victorian building built in 1790 has a colourful history and offers stunning views of the lake. The station is a short uphill walk from Ferry House jetty and is well worth a visit with historical information and courtyard café.
Take the Windermere ferry from Bowness which runs every 40 minutes.
Traditional Lakeland cottage and home of the famous poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth. Discover what life was like at the turn of the 19th Century. Visit Grasmere village too - good tea shops and Grasmere Gingerbread shop! Can be very busy.
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Dove Cottage
Traditional Lakeland cottage and home of the famous poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth. Discover what life was like at the turn of the 19th Century. Visit Grasmere village too - good tea shops and Grasmere Gingerbread shop! Can be very busy.
Parks & Nature
Very pleasant National Trust park and cafe. Parkrun every Saturday at 9am. Sailing centre. Events throughout the year.
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Parque Fell Foot del National Trust
Very pleasant National Trust park and cafe. Parkrun every Saturday at 9am. Sailing centre. Events throughout the year.
Very lovely walks - tea shop near Aira Force car park. National Trust.
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Ullswater and Aira Force
Very lovely walks - tea shop near Aira Force car park. National Trust.
Drive to Glenridding via Kirkstone Pass. Take Ullswater steamer to Howtown. Pleasant low level (undulating), 4 hour walk following the S.E lake shore back to Glenridding. Good pub and tea shop at Howtown and on the walk.
Howtown Ullswater Landing station
Drive to Glenridding via Kirkstone Pass. Take Ullswater steamer to Howtown. Pleasant low level (undulating), 4 hour walk following the S.E lake shore back to Glenridding. Good pub and tea shop at Howtown and on the walk.
Short walk (40 minutes approx) to viewing point behind Pinethwaite. Ideal after a long car journey! Walk back down the drive turn right on to Lickbarrow Road. Take next right (signed dead end). Follow single track road to a deer gate, turn right on to footpath leading up to the top. Come back the same way or walk round the fell past School Knott Tarn and down.
School Knott Drive
School Knott DriveShort walk (40 minutes approx) to viewing point behind Pinethwaite. Ideal after a long car journey! Walk back down the drive turn right on to Lickbarrow Road. Take next right (signed dead end). Follow single track road to a deer gate, turn right on to footpath leading up to the top. Come back the same way or walk round the fell past School Knott Tarn and down.
A pleasant walk leading to Bowness. Turn left out of our drive down Lickbarrow Road. Walk for a couple of miles along the road - keep right when you reach a fork in the road. After a distance going down hill you will see a footpath on ypur right. That is the one to Brantfell. Keep walking upwards and you won't go wrong. From the view point walk down towards Bowness.
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You could start from the centre of Bowness, the most suitable landmark being the mini-roundabout right in the middle: you can't miss it. You quickly leave the shops and bustle behind, climbing steeply along Brantfell Road to reach the fields and fell above the town. This early part of the walk is part of the Dales Way which starts 81 miles away in Ilkley and finishes here. Turning off after a few hundred metres you visit the little viewpoint of Post Knott before turning your back on the views for a short bit to finish climbing to the top of Brant Fell itself. At the summit is a forlorn gateway with no fence or wall still in existence. The large outcrops of rock here have vertical faces of some 6 to 10 feet high so don't trip over the bits of old metalwork still rusting away.
allow a minimum of an hour, or perhaps a couple of hours so as not to hurry on this walk.
Brantfell Walk
Brantfell WalkA pleasant walk leading to Bowness. Turn left out of our drive down Lickbarrow Road. Walk for a couple of miles along the road - keep right when you reach a fork in the road. After a distance going down hill you will see a footpath on ypur right. That is the one to Brantfell. Keep walking upwards and you won't go wrong. From the view point walk down towards Bowness.
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You could start from the centre of Bowness, the most suitable landmark being the mini-roundabout right in the middle: you can't miss it. You quickly leave the shops and bustle behind, climbing steeply along Brantfell Road to reach the fields and fell above the town. This early part of the walk is part of the Dales Way which starts 81 miles away in Ilkley and finishes here. Turning off after a few hundred metres you visit the little viewpoint of Post Knott before turning your back on the views for a short bit to finish climbing to the top of Brant Fell itself. At the summit is a forlorn gateway with no fence or wall still in existence. The large outcrops of rock here have vertical faces of some 6 to 10 feet high so don't trip over the bits of old metalwork still rusting away.
allow a minimum of an hour, or perhaps a couple of hours so as not to hurry on this walk.
About 1 1/2 hours drive.
Wastwater is perhaps the most awe-inspiring of all the lakes. Surrounded by mountains, Red Pike, Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Scafell Pike – England’s highest mountain.
Situated in the Wasdale Valley, Wastwater is 3 miles long, half a mile wide and 260 feet deep, and the deepest of all the lakes.
Extending the length of the south-east side of the lake are the Screes, consisting of millions of fragments of broken rock and rising from the floor of the lake to a height of almost 2000 feet, giving the lake an ominous appearance.
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Wast Water
About 1 1/2 hours drive.
Wastwater is perhaps the most awe-inspiring of all the lakes. Surrounded by mountains, Red Pike, Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Scafell Pike – England’s highest mountain.
Situated in the Wasdale Valley, Wastwater is 3 miles long, half a mile wide and 260 feet deep, and the deepest of all the lakes.
Extending the length of the south-east side of the lake are the Screes, consisting of millions of fragments of broken rock and rising from the floor of the lake to a height of almost 2000 feet, giving the lake an ominous appearance.
Arts & Culture
Some good productions - check website for programme. 45 minutes drive away. Lovely walks nearby next to Derwentwater.
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Theatre by the Lake
Lake RoadSome good productions - check website for programme. 45 minutes drive away. Lovely walks nearby next to Derwentwater.
John Ruskin’s former home. A historic house, museum and vibrant centre for the arts with fine paintings, beautiful furniture and Ruskin’s personal treasures.
Walk through the garden to the lake: Harbour Walk.
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Brantwood
John Ruskin’s former home. A historic house, museum and vibrant centre for the arts with fine paintings, beautiful furniture and Ruskin’s personal treasures.
Walk through the garden to the lake: Harbour Walk.
Pleasant stately home and garden 4 miles south of Kendal, and in the care of the National Trust. Grade I listed building.
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Sizergh Castle
Pleasant stately home and garden 4 miles south of Kendal, and in the care of the National Trust. Grade I listed building.
Dalemain home of the Hasell Family for eleven generations. Stately home and gardens.
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Dalemain Mansion & Historic Gardens
Dalemain home of the Hasell Family for eleven generations. Stately home and gardens.
Holker Hall, home of the Cavendish family. Short distance from Grange-over-Sands and Morecambe Bay. Good half day visit.
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Holker Hall and Gardens
Holker Hall, home of the Cavendish family. Short distance from Grange-over-Sands and Morecambe Bay. Good half day visit.
Excellent productions and plays. See website for details.
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The Old Laundry Theatre
Crag BrowExcellent productions and plays. See website for details.
Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building with a fascinating history. Extensive gardens, good tea shop and lots of activities for all the family!
One way is to take the Windermere ferry and take the scenic 4 mile walk along Windermere’s western shore or take a boat from Waterhead Pier (Ambleside)
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National Trust Wray Castle
Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building with a fascinating history. Extensive gardens, good tea shop and lots of activities for all the family!
One way is to take the Windermere ferry and take the scenic 4 mile walk along Windermere’s western shore or take a boat from Waterhead Pier (Ambleside)
Imposing castle ruins, gardens, cafe and shop. Home to the Earls of Lonsdale in medieval times.
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Lowther Castle & Gardens
Imposing castle ruins, gardens, cafe and shop. Home to the Earls of Lonsdale in medieval times.
Shopping
Lakeland
Thwaites LaneModern building - kitchen and household goods.
Farm shop and rustic, wood-beamed cafe serving home-cooked breakfasts and lunches, with views of the working farm. Sells unpasteurised milk! Good for gifts.
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Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop & Café
Farm shop and rustic, wood-beamed cafe serving home-cooked breakfasts and lunches, with views of the working farm. Sells unpasteurised milk! Good for gifts.
WHSmith
Main RoadNewspapers etc.... Open Sunday 11am - 3pm.
Essentials
Pleasant supermarket. Open Mon - Sat 0830 - 2100 Sunday 1000-1600
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Booths, Windermere
Victoria StreetPleasant supermarket. Open Mon - Sat 0830 - 2100 Sunday 1000-1600
Boots
10 Crescent RdChemist . Open Mon - Sat 9am - 5.30pm