Joanne’s guidebook
Eating places
A lovely little Mexican restaurant, we like to eat here when we can. It is only small so often requires booking in advance - sometimes 2 or 3 weeks ahead depending on the time of year.
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Amigos Mexican & Steakhouse
30 Cavendish StA lovely little Mexican restaurant, we like to eat here when we can. It is only small so often requires booking in advance - sometimes 2 or 3 weeks ahead depending on the time of year.
Lovely gastro pub. Great for eating or just a drink. Often quite bustling and great menu with good quality food. Would recommend booking a table for food well in advance
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The Farmers Ulverston
2 Market StLovely gastro pub. Great for eating or just a drink. Often quite bustling and great menu with good quality food. Would recommend booking a table for food well in advance
Lovely gastro pub, good food and great place to eat or just a drink. Would recommend booking a table in advance. Rooftop beer garden
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The Mill at Ulverston
Mill StreetLovely gastro pub, good food and great place to eat or just a drink. Would recommend booking a table in advance. Rooftop beer garden
Good local pub with typical home cooked food. Would recommend booking a table for food in advance. Outdoor beer garden
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Rose & Crown
22 King StGood local pub with typical home cooked food. Would recommend booking a table for food in advance. Outdoor beer garden
Quirky tapas restaurant - great food. Would recommend booking a table in advance
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L'al Churrasco
Market StreetQuirky tapas restaurant - great food. Would recommend booking a table in advance
Our favourite Indian in Ulverston, great food and the staff are lovely. Worth booking a table if planning to eat on a Friday or Saturday
Bengal Rose Restaurant Ulverston
5 Fountain StreetOur favourite Indian in Ulverston, great food and the staff are lovely. Worth booking a table if planning to eat on a Friday or Saturday
Lovely little Italian. Booking a table in advance is recommended
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Betullas
13 Queen StLovely little Italian. Booking a table in advance is recommended
Just a short walk outside the centre of Ulverston with good home cooked food - close to Stan Laurels birth place. Booking a table is recommended
The Stan Laurel Inn
31 The EllersJust a short walk outside the centre of Ulverston with good home cooked food - close to Stan Laurels birth place. Booking a table is recommended
WSBI Pan Asian
Pan Asian Fusion, we like this place as an occasional treat
This is a lovely treat place. It’s open as a cafe by day but on a Thursday to Saturday evening it turns into a taster restaurant. It’s a set menu that changes regularly so best to check the website & look at the menu for a particular date to see what suits you. They also have a wine pairing option too which we enjoyed
Base Restaurant
This is a lovely treat place. It’s open as a cafe by day but on a Thursday to Saturday evening it turns into a taster restaurant. It’s a set menu that changes regularly so best to check the website & look at the menu for a particular date to see what suits you. They also have a wine pairing option too which we enjoyed
Cafes
Great for breakfast, lunch. Also opens as a bistro on a Friday & Saturday evening - no alcohol license but you can take your own
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The Hot Mango Café
27 King StGreat for breakfast, lunch. Also opens as a bistro on a Friday & Saturday evening - no alcohol license but you can take your own
Quaint little place ideal for breakfast or lunch
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The Fourpence Cafe & Shop
16 King StQuaint little place ideal for breakfast or lunch
Poppies cafe
4A Union StGillam's Tearoom Ltd
64 Market StIdeal place for breakfast or lunch
Local pubs
In addition to the bars below is also the Kings Arms which is good for drinking & also serves Thai food by a local lady called Bea. Also has a large outdoor drinking area (link for this bar not working)
Very old traditional bar serving locally brewed ales. Live music on some nights. Good outdoor beer garden
Hope & Anchor
4 DaltongateVery old traditional bar serving locally brewed ales. Live music on some nights. Good outdoor beer garden
Quirky local pub with intimate small rooms & great beer garden
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The Old Friends Inn
49 SoutergateQuirky local pub with intimate small rooms & great beer garden
Sometimes has live music with local bands and has an old castle feel to it inside
The Piel Castle Inn
37 Market StreetSometimes has live music with local bands and has an old castle feel to it inside
The locals pub just a few minutes walk from the cottage if you fancy a drink without much of a walk. Often has sporting games on TV & serves home cooked food - food often finishes quite early - around 7pm. Carvery served on a Sunday lunchtime
The Miners Arms
1 Fox StreetThe locals pub just a few minutes walk from the cottage if you fancy a drink without much of a walk. Often has sporting games on TV & serves home cooked food - food often finishes quite early - around 7pm. Carvery served on a Sunday lunchtime
Sightseeing
Zoológico Safari de South Lakes
Melton TerraceMuseo de Motores Lakeland
Windermere Boat Cruises - can be picked up from Lakeside at Newby Bridge (15 mins from our cottage). Ideal to park your car there for the day & hop on the boat up to Bowness
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Lakeside Pier - Windermere Lake Cruises
Windermere Boat Cruises - can be picked up from Lakeside at Newby Bridge (15 mins from our cottage). Ideal to park your car there for the day & hop on the boat up to Bowness
Acuario de los Lagos
Ferrocarril de Lakeside y Haverthwaite
Laurel and Hardy Museum
A great place to visit if you like the outdoors. Beautiful walking trails, mountain biking, Go Ape, Zip-lines, Segway’s, you can easily spend a full day there. Search for Forestry England, Grizedale Forest for more details. Approximately 30 minutes drive from our cottage
Grizedale Forest, Ambleside LA22 0QF, Reino Unido
A great place to visit if you like the outdoors. Beautiful walking trails, mountain biking, Go Ape, Zip-lines, Segway’s, you can easily spend a full day there. Search for Forestry England, Grizedale Forest for more details. Approximately 30 minutes drive from our cottage
Walking
Challenging walk, worth starting earlier in the day & when the weather is good for visibility. There is a car park right at the top of the road before starting the walk which some people might prefer to do rather than walking from the village of Coniston. Depending on the route taken I would allow a good 4-5 hours to allow time time to stop & take in the scenery. Approx 35 mins drive from our cottage
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The Old Man of Coniston
Challenging walk, worth starting earlier in the day & when the weather is good for visibility. There is a car park right at the top of the road before starting the walk which some people might prefer to do rather than walking from the village of Coniston. Depending on the route taken I would allow a good 4-5 hours to allow time time to stop & take in the scenery. Approx 35 mins drive from our cottage
A local walk to the summit of Hoad Hill where you will find the Sir John Barrow monument. The shortest route would be from Ford Park or easy to walk from our cottage. A relatively short walk up the hill but a good incline so can leave you out of breath depending on your fitness levels. Worth a walk up the hill for the sunning views from the monument
Hoad Hill
Hoad HillA local walk to the summit of Hoad Hill where you will find the Sir John Barrow monument. The shortest route would be from Ford Park or easy to walk from our cottage. A relatively short walk up the hill but a good incline so can leave you out of breath depending on your fitness levels. Worth a walk up the hill for the sunning views from the monument
Challenging walk, highest mountain in England. Allow 6 hours + to allow for stopping & taking in the scenery. Approx 1 hours drive from our cottage
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Scafell Pike
Challenging walk, highest mountain in England. Allow 6 hours + to allow for stopping & taking in the scenery. Approx 1 hours drive from our cottage
Challenging walk, 3rd highest mountain in England. Allow 5 hours + to take in the scenery. Just over an hours drive from our cottage
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Helvellyn
Challenging walk, 3rd highest mountain in England. Allow 5 hours + to take in the scenery. Just over an hours drive from our cottage
This is a lovely walk, not overly strenuous & not too long but lovely views. We park in Glen Mary car park, this is the best place to start as it takes you up past Tom Gill waterfall before arriving at Tarn Hows which is just a lovely scenic walk - altogether about 2.5 miles
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Tarn Hows
This is a lovely walk, not overly strenuous & not too long but lovely views. We park in Glen Mary car park, this is the best place to start as it takes you up past Tom Gill waterfall before arriving at Tarn Hows which is just a lovely scenic walk - altogether about 2.5 miles
Cascada Aira Force
Watersports
Great place if you fancy trying our kayaking, paddle boarding, canoeing. There’s a lovely little cafe too right beside the lake & changing facilities
Parque Fell Foot del National Trust
Consejos sobre la ciudad
Cómo moverse
Local transport
The local bus service (the 6 & X6) runs from the A590 which is at the end of the road where our cottage is. The best stop to board is the Swarthmoor Miners Arms stop and is a just a few minutes into the centre of Ulverston. There is a taxi rank outside the Tesco Local in the centre of Ulverston and is approximately £5-£6 back to the cottage. To walk into the centre of Ulverston takes approximately 20 minutes and is a mile in distance.