Guidebook for Bassenthwaite
Food Scene
Historic coaching Inn with loads of character. Fantastic bar and bistro.
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The Pheasant Inn Hotel & Restaurant
Historic coaching Inn with loads of character. Fantastic bar and bistro.
Kat's Kitchen
135 Main StA really lovely cafe serving 100% vegan food in Keswick
Drinks & Nightlife
Traditional village inn which serves hearty meals and local Jennings Ales. You can walk there via the quiet lane in about 25 minutes.
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The Sun Inn
The RakeTraditional village inn which serves hearty meals and local Jennings Ales. You can walk there via the quiet lane in about 25 minutes.
The Lakes Distillery is Cumbria’s only distillery producing the Lakes Gin, the Lakes Vodka, the ONE (a British Isles blended whisky) and what will become our signature spirit, the Lakes Malt (first bottle due in 2018). Opened in December 2014, The Lakes Distillery is housed in a beautiful restored Victorian cattle farm, with handmade copper stills and an award-winning on-site Bistro. As one of the ‘best new distilleries in the world’ (Time Out, New York), The Lakes Distillery offers a first class visitors centre with whisky tours & tutored tastings alongside a superb selection of hand-crafted spirits.
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The Lakes Distillery
The Lakes Distillery is Cumbria’s only distillery producing the Lakes Gin, the Lakes Vodka, the ONE (a British Isles blended whisky) and what will become our signature spirit, the Lakes Malt (first bottle due in 2018). Opened in December 2014, The Lakes Distillery is housed in a beautiful restored Victorian cattle farm, with handmade copper stills and an award-winning on-site Bistro. As one of the ‘best new distilleries in the world’ (Time Out, New York), The Lakes Distillery offers a first class visitors centre with whisky tours & tutored tastings alongside a superb selection of hand-crafted spirits.
Parks & Nature
4 fantastic trails way marked trails and a cafe. Dodd Wood is the home to The Osprey Viewpoint.
Dodd Wood station
4 fantastic trails way marked trails and a cafe. Dodd Wood is the home to The Osprey Viewpoint.
Fantastic way marked trails and a superb cafe. Whinlatter is also home to some great mountain bike trails, a 'Go Ape' highwire experience and the hardest Park Run in the UK. What's not to like!
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Whinlatter skogspark
Whinlatter PassFantastic way marked trails and a superb cafe. Whinlatter is also home to some great mountain bike trails, a 'Go Ape' highwire experience and the hardest Park Run in the UK. What's not to like!
Climb to the summit of Skiddaw. There are numerous routes to the top, the most popular is from Keswick on the tourist path or for a more adventurous way to the top walk from The Lodge across the fields and ascend via Ullock Pike via Carlisle Tarn.
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Skiddaw
Climb to the summit of Skiddaw. There are numerous routes to the top, the most popular is from Keswick on the tourist path or for a more adventurous way to the top walk from The Lodge across the fields and ascend via Ullock Pike via Carlisle Tarn.
Arts & Culture
Standing in a stunning location, the present building dates from pre-Norman times, and stands by a busy stream in the grounds of Mirehouse by Bassenthwaite Lake. You can walk there from The Lodge in twenty minutes.
The Parish Church of Saint Bega Bassenthwaite
Standing in a stunning location, the present building dates from pre-Norman times, and stands by a busy stream in the grounds of Mirehouse by Bassenthwaite Lake. You can walk there from The Lodge in twenty minutes.
Derwent Pencil Museum, the home of the first pencil, and the Cumberland Pencil Company, manufacturers of Derwent pencil perfection since 1832.
Enter the Museum through a replica of the Seathwaite mine where graphite was first discovered in the 1550's. Through words, pictures and carefully restored machinery you can trace the history of pencil making and see how we make Derwent Fine Art pencils today. A journey of pencil and graphite discovery. Art workshops, demonstrations, quizes, colouring in, Theres so much more to a pencil.
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Derwent blyantmuseum
Derwent Pencil Museum, the home of the first pencil, and the Cumberland Pencil Company, manufacturers of Derwent pencil perfection since 1832.
Enter the Museum through a replica of the Seathwaite mine where graphite was first discovered in the 1550's. Through words, pictures and carefully restored machinery you can trace the history of pencil making and see how we make Derwent Fine Art pencils today. A journey of pencil and graphite discovery. Art workshops, demonstrations, quizes, colouring in, Theres so much more to a pencil.