Staveley has quietly become the Lakes’ favourite foodie pit-stop. In the Mill Yard by the River Kent you’ll find Hawkshead Brewery’s beer hall, the More? artisan bakery and Wilf’s cafe, all busy with cyclists and Kentmere-bound walkers. Best of all, it sits right on the Windermere railway branch, so you can arrive by train — the station is barely a minute from the Mill Yard.