Lake District B&B Suggestions please

[puggit]

Colleague at work is looking for a good long weekend in the Lakes. I told him I knew who to ask

Edited to add: Pub/restaurant B&B would be best!

>> Edited by puggit on Wednesday 21st September 12:03

[anonymous-user]

If he wants to splash out www.gilpinlodge.co.uk

Its not your average B&B but the food is fantastic.

[MarkBarton]

www.brackenrigginn.co.uk/ is supposed to be good. My parents stayed there a year or so ago and came back with good reports.

[shadytree]

GetCarter is the man to speak to.

[WildCat]

Whereabout in Lakes, Liebchen? Lot of lovely villages - all with some very pleasant B&Bs/guest houses und some farms take in guests too - at reasonable cost.

[boz]

MarkBarton said:

www.brackenrigginn.co.uk/ is supposed to be good. My parents stayed there a year or so ago and came back with good reports.

I can second that, stayed there earlier this year.

[puggit]

WildCat said:

Whereabout in Lakes, Liebchen? Lot of lovely villages - all with some very pleasant B&Bs/guest houses und some farms take in guests too - at reasonable cost.

Anywhere will do

Where's your favourite haunt then WildCat?

[WildCat]

puggit said:

WildCat said: Whereabout in Lakes, Liebchen? Lot of lovely villages - all with some very pleasant B&Bs/guest houses und some farms take in guests too - at reasonable cost. Anywhere will do Where's your favourite haunt then WildCat?

Liebchen - where to start..

OK - Kirkstile Inn (Cockermouth) (ist very good) Also Bridge at Buttermere ist fave water hole for us.

In around Keswick...

B&B around £30-£50 pp/pn -

SPring Farm- Ravenstone Guest House - Horse & Farrier inn - Bower House Inn (also good pub grub und decent selection of Real Ales.. Also Armathwaite Hotel - decent restaurarant too.


Eden Valley direction - Weary Contemporary Inn und Belted Will Inn both Brampton - good reports heard. Also Crosby Lodge...

(Eden Valley - quieter - bit cheaper than rest - and with good access to National Park - Also has some wicked walks und drives )

Und decent food to be had at Talking Tarn Country Park (ist a fave drive for us )

Restaurant where you likely to meet us....

Keswick:

Lucas Ristorante/ the Rembrandt/ Theatre By the Lake/ Lakeland Spice Cuisine (curries und spicy food - some very h-h-hot! )

Ullwater - Sharrow Bay or Inn on the Lake at Glenridding...

Tea rooms - Yew Tree at Honister, Theatre By the Lake here in Keswick.

Grasmere - plenty of water holes - Jumble Room serves decent cream teas though. Also William of Grasmere.


Ambleside? Drunken Duck Lucy 4 or any of the Lucy places.... Lucy on a Plate. Old Dungeon...

Bowness/Windermere - all heaving with pubs/B&Bs etc... but if you want different - try Wilf's at Staveley - Ernest (from paulie's site works nearby - standard of food there ist excellent - very popular with bikers, cyclists - but bit of an "industrial" setting. But food ist excellent by all accounts.

We are still exploring

[Jinx]

A few years back I stayed here for a week:

www.yell.com/search/ShowMap?nat_id=2182204&businessType=PUBS&location=HOLMROOK&clarifyIndex=&clarifyOptions=&searchType=classic&replayURL=%2Fucs%2FUcsSearchAction.do%3Fooa%3Don%26searchType%3Dclassic%26keywords%3DPublic%2Bhouse%26location%3Dboot%252C%2Beskdae%26scrambleSeed%3D16057%26ooascrambleSeed%3D%26slscrambleSeed%3D%26slscrambleSeed%3D

Fantastic pub food, on-suite room. Large collection of malt whisky to chose from.....

[puggit]

Thanks all

Especially WildCat for the rather comprehensive list.

I'm now wondering whether to write to steviebabes for some help with this