Townfoot Guidebook

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Townfoot Guidebook

Eating out

Tried and tested, popular eateries.
Great little cafe serving snacks and cakes (not open evenings) situated next to Skelwith Bridge and the waterfalls. Approximately 45 minute walk from Elterwater via a beautiful easy riverside path.
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Chesters By The River
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Great little cafe serving snacks and cakes (not open evenings) situated next to Skelwith Bridge and the waterfalls. Approximately 45 minute walk from Elterwater via a beautiful easy riverside path.
Perfect for an evening meal. We've eaten here many times. Warm cosy place with great food.
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Lucy's On A Plate
6 Church St
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Perfect for an evening meal. We've eaten here many times. Warm cosy place with great food.
A cosy restaurant with an open kitchen cooking up classic Mediterranean dishes from local produce. Great pizzas!
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Dodds Restaurant
Rydal Road
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A cosy restaurant with an open kitchen cooking up classic Mediterranean dishes from local produce. Great pizzas!
Amazing food in this gastro pub. If you want to push the boat out, their chateaubriand steak to share is delicious.
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The Wild Boar
Crook Road
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Amazing food in this gastro pub. If you want to push the boat out, their chateaubriand steak to share is delicious.
A small, fantastic fish restaurant, with a limited menu and booking usually required as it is so popular. Great, high quality food.
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Hooked
Ellerthwaite Square
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A small, fantastic fish restaurant, with a limited menu and booking usually required as it is so popular. Great, high quality food.
Opened in 2022. A small, cute French restaurant serving fantastic quality food
Bellis
Rydal Road
Opened in 2022. A small, cute French restaurant serving fantastic quality food
Serves a great cooked breakfast and snacks all day. Open daily from 10am, closed Tuesdays. A ten minute walk from Townfoot in Troutbeck.
The Old Post Office Tea Room Troutbeck
Serves a great cooked breakfast and snacks all day. Open daily from 10am, closed Tuesdays. A ten minute walk from Townfoot in Troutbeck.
Great, vegetarian, Italian food. With a cinema attached. They do film and a meal deals.
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Zeffirellis
2 Compston Rd
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Great, vegetarian, Italian food. With a cinema attached. They do film and a meal deals.
Fantastic tapas style dishes in a beautiful location. With views over Elterwater valley and its own distillery making fantastic spirits, this place is definitely worth a visit for a treat. Dog friendly
Lanty Slee's Elterwater
Fantastic tapas style dishes in a beautiful location. With views over Elterwater valley and its own distillery making fantastic spirits, this place is definitely worth a visit for a treat. Dog friendly
Lovely pub, and if warm enough to sit outside, a terrace with beautiful views over the valley. Good value, great quality food. Do friendly
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The Masons Arms
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Lovely pub, and if warm enough to sit outside, a terrace with beautiful views over the valley. Good value, great quality food. Do friendly
Good value, high quality food. Great selection of beers. Fab burgers.
Ambleside Tap Yard
Good value, high quality food. Great selection of beers. Fab burgers.

Local towns

Not short of an outdoor clothing shop or two! But also home to lots of cafes, boutique and craft shops as well as galleries and small local shops. A great spot to start walks from.
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Ambleside
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Not short of an outdoor clothing shop or two! But also home to lots of cafes, boutique and craft shops as well as galleries and small local shops. A great spot to start walks from.
Distinct from Bowness, though it seems to merge into one, this small village has lovely traditional butchers and a lot of other locally owned artisan shops
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Windermere
The Promenade
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Distinct from Bowness, though it seems to merge into one, this small village has lovely traditional butchers and a lot of other locally owned artisan shops

Walks

A selection of some enjoyable and not too arduous walks with beautiful views. All dog friendly!
A beautiful tarn, high up in the mountains. It has a lovely 35 minute circular walk around the edge of it, from the National Trust car park. Take a picnic, and your camera! (Wheelchair friendly)
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Tarn Hows
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A beautiful tarn, high up in the mountains. It has a lovely 35 minute circular walk around the edge of it, from the National Trust car park. Take a picnic, and your camera! (Wheelchair friendly)
Sat at the top of a windy pass up from the end of Langdale valley, this beautiful tarn is worth a visit for a walk around it. Easy parking in the National Trust car park. Our dog loves swimming here!
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Blea Tarn
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Sat at the top of a windy pass up from the end of Langdale valley, this beautiful tarn is worth a visit for a walk around it. Easy parking in the National Trust car park. Our dog loves swimming here!
A short walk from Ambleside is this lovely waterfall.
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Stock Ghyll Force
6 Stockghyll Ln
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A short walk from Ambleside is this lovely waterfall.
Miles and miles of forestry commission tracks, accessible on bikes or on foot. There are a few tiny, secret tarns hidden throughout the area which are worth discovering.
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Grizedale Forest
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Miles and miles of forestry commission tracks, accessible on bikes or on foot. There are a few tiny, secret tarns hidden throughout the area which are worth discovering.
Climb to the top of the waterfall and cross over on an old packhorse bridge. A lovely circular walk from the National trust Car park
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Aira Force Waterval
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Climb to the top of the waterfall and cross over on an old packhorse bridge. A lovely circular walk from the National trust Car park
Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building which you can walk to, with a scenic footpath running along the side of Windermere from Red Nab Car Park.
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National Trust Wray Castle
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Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building which you can walk to, with a scenic footpath running along the side of Windermere from Red Nab Car Park.

Shopping

Small supermarket in Windermere, with the excellent, high-quality food, probably in the Marks and Spencer, or Waitrose price bracket.
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Booths, Windermere
Victoria Street
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Small supermarket in Windermere, with the excellent, high-quality food, probably in the Marks and Spencer, or Waitrose price bracket.
In Kendal. Twenty five minutes from Windermere, this is a new, large store. Great for a weekly shop. Also stocks clothing and homeware, plus an Argos branch.
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Sainsbury's
Cable Street
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In Kendal. Twenty five minutes from Windermere, this is a new, large store. Great for a weekly shop. Also stocks clothing and homeware, plus an Argos branch.
Great local butcher, in Windermere
Huddleston Butchers Ltd
16a Crescent Rd
Great local butcher, in Windermere

Activities

Go Ape has a run of 7 zip wires which whizzes through the tree-tops. Expensive but worth a bit of a treat for the adrenaline rush. You can also hire normal or electric bikes to explore all the forestry commission tracks
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Go Ape Grizedale
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Go Ape has a run of 7 zip wires which whizzes through the tree-tops. Expensive but worth a bit of a treat for the adrenaline rush. You can also hire normal or electric bikes to explore all the forestry commission tracks
Visit the last working slate mine in England. Quarrying for Westmorland green slate has been taken place in the area since 1728. Apart from the mining, they welcome tourists with activities including a rock face climb - the Via Ferrata.
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Honister Slate Mine
Honister Pass
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Visit the last working slate mine in England. Quarrying for Westmorland green slate has been taken place in the area since 1728. Apart from the mining, they welcome tourists with activities including a rock face climb - the Via Ferrata.
Waterskiing, canoeing, paddleboarding, sailing, boat hire and flyboarding facilities on Windermere
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Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa
Ambleside Road
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Waterskiing, canoeing, paddleboarding, sailing, boat hire and flyboarding facilities on Windermere
Very scenic and relaxing trips up the length of Ullswater.
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Ullswater Stoomschepen
Grisedale Bridge
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Very scenic and relaxing trips up the length of Ullswater.
Especially worth a visit for a family with children. A very popular attraction in Bowness
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The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction
Crag Brow
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Especially worth a visit for a family with children. A very popular attraction in Bowness
Set on the West coast, it is a long drive, but several scenic routes can be taken. Well worth a visit for a full day out, if you have time. It is also close to Muncaster Castle.
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Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Co.Ltd
Main Street
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Set on the West coast, it is a long drive, but several scenic routes can be taken. Well worth a visit for a full day out, if you have time. It is also close to Muncaster Castle.

Historic sites

Worth a visit if you're heading north to Keswick. This is worth stopping off to enjoy the spectacular views from the site. It has panoramic views and the mountains of Helvellyn and High Seat as a backdrop. It is also among the earliest British circles, raised in about 3000 BC during the Neolithic period.
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Castlerigg Stone Circle
Castle Lane
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Worth a visit if you're heading north to Keswick. This is worth stopping off to enjoy the spectacular views from the site. It has panoramic views and the mountains of Helvellyn and High Seat as a backdrop. It is also among the earliest British circles, raised in about 3000 BC during the Neolithic period.

Take away

Great take-away pizza
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The Sourdough Pizza Co
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Great take-away pizza
Award winning fish and chips
Vinegar Jones
Award winning fish and chips