Pubs & restaurants in CumbriaCumbria, England

Simon Rogan's farm-to-table flagship in a Cartmel village on the edge of the Lake District.

Estate-to-plate dining at a fortified manor and kitchen garden near the Lake District.

Ullswater inn with lake views and rooms, an olive gastropub pick.

Country-house dining with rooms at Farlam Hall near Brampton, awarded a star in 2024.

Country-house hotel dining near Hadrian's Wall in rural north Cumbria.

Luxury country-house hotel dining between Windermere and Kendal.

The boot-worn Hikers Bar at the head of Langdale, an old cow byre serving Cumbrian ale beneath the Langdale Pikes.

Traditional Lake District village inn named by olive among the best country pubs.

Restored coaching inn with rooms in the Dales book town of Sedbergh.

Lake District country-house hotel dining rooted in foraged and kitchen-garden produce near Grasmere.

Remote 16th-century inn near the top of the Kirkstone Pass, one of the highest pubs in England, above Ambleside.

Remote inn beneath Great Gable and Scafell, hung with climbing memorabilia as the birthplace of British mountaineering.

Whitewashed 400-year-old inn in the centre of Coniston, home to the Coniston Brewing Co and its Bluebird ales.

Remote 16th-century inn at Broughton Mills near Broughton-in-Furness, all flag floors, small rooms and open ranges.

Stone inn at the heart of Buttermere village, a walkers' bar between two lakes under High Stile and Haystacks.

Whitewashed 500-year-old inn on Elterwater's green, its front bar looking across to Elter Water and the fells.

Country inn at Far Sawrey near the Windermere ferry, a walkers' and cyclists' stop between the lake and Hawkshead.

Roadside coaching inn at Witherslack on the edge of the Lyth, a comfortable stop between the Lakes and Morecambe Bay.

Riverside inn in Staveley pouring local Cumbrian ales, a handy stop on the Dales Way beside the Kent.

Old coaching inn at Buttermere linked to the legend of the Maid of Buttermere, a walkers' bar between the two lakes.

Traditional real-ale pub on Dent's cobbled main street, one of the village's three inns.

Country inn at Bowland Bridge deep in the Winster valley, log fires and local ales among the damson orchards.

Bowness's oldest pub, a snug 17th-century warren of flagstones, beams and a barrel-topped bar tucked off the lakefront.

17th-century inn in Threlkeld below Blencathra, a well-known dining stop between Keswick and Penrith.

17th-century inn on Hawkshead's cobbled square, low beams and open fires in the heart of the village.

Traditional inn in the Eden-valley village of Temple Sowerby, near the National Trust garden at Acorn Bank.

Historic 16th-century inn between Loweswater and Crummock, with its own brewery and walks straight from the door.

Cosy inn deep in Borrowdale below the high passes, popular with campers for real ale and a long malt-whisky list.

Georgian ale house on Broughton-in-Furness's market square, a long-running CAMRA favourite for its cask range.

17th-century inn towards the head of Troutbeck with a famous painted sign and a garden facing the valley fells.

Village pub in Caldbeck near John Peel's grave and the Howk gorge, a stop on the Cumbria Way.

Britain's first co-operatively owned pub, in Hesket Newmarket, serving the village brewery's ales by an open fire.

Country inn at Outgate between Hawkshead and Ambleside, a quiet local known for its live jazz nights.

Coaching inn near Bassenthwaite with an old oak-panelled bar, set between the lake and the Whinlatter forest.

Refined dining inn beside the church at Crosthwaite in the Lyth Valley, a long-standing south-Lakes destination for food.

17th-century inn on the green at Askham near Lowther Castle, a smart Eden-valley dining pub.

Old coaching inn on Hawkshead's main square, a former posting house in the car-free village centre.

Landmark 18th-century inn in the heart of Borrowdale, long known to walkers for filling food and a warm bar.

Friendly free house at Nether Wasdale looking towards the great screes of Wast Water, popular with walkers.

Coast to Coast walkers' inn at Ennerdale Bridge, at the threshold of the wildest Lakeland valley.

Traditional low-beamed inn at Bowmanstead just outside Coniston, a quiet walkers' local under the Old Man.

Village inn on the green at Dufton, a welcome stop for Pennine Way walkers below High Cup Nick.

Old coaching inn on the hill above Coniston with a walkers' bar, where Donald Campbell based himself before his last run.

Riverside inn beside the old bridge at Newby Bridge, at the quiet southern foot of Windermere.

Victorian coaching hotel on the broad main street of Appleby, its bar a stop by the Eden and the June horse fair.

Small, well-liked pub at the end of Keswick's pedestrianised centre, a repeat winner of walkers' pub-of-the-year awards.

Eskdale inn on the old packhorse road, a walkers' bar and micro-brewery below Hardknott Pass.

Low-beamed 17th-century dining pub near Penrith, often named among Cumbria's best for its food, ales and single malts.

National Trust 17th-century inn beside Hill Top at Near Sawrey, drawn by Beatrix Potter in Jemima Puddle-Duck.

Award-winning ale bar in the heart of Grasmere, with up to seventeen craft beers and ciders and a fell-view garden.

Bustling walkers' inn at Chapel Stile in Great Langdale, log fires and hearty food under the Langdale Pikes.