Things to do · Culture & Food
Rheged Centre
Penrith
A hillside-built cultural centre near Penrith from the family behind Tebay Services, with a gallery, cinema, shops and a cafe and deli championing Cumbrian producers.
Nearby
The Queens Head
Traditional, Tirril££££
A stone-flagged, beamed old inn in Tirril near Ullswater, the village pub where the Tirril Brewery began before it moved to bigger premises. Properly old-school.
The Horse and Farrier
Traditional, Dacre££££
A friendly Ullswater-area inn with good ale selection and a menu built around proper Cumbrian produce.
The George and Dragon
Gastropub, Clifton, dogs welcome££££
Lowther Estate coaching inn with a kitchen garden that feeds a menu of properly sourced, beautifully executed pub food.
Walks nearby
Easy · 2.1 km · 111 m up
Dunmallard Hill from Pooley Bridge
About 30 minutes
A short woodland loop from Pooley Bridge over the wooded knoll at the foot of Ullswater, with the remains of an Iron Age fort on top.
Moderate · 9.3 km · 135 m up
Long Meg and Lacy's Caves from Little Salkeld
About 2 hours
Eden's finest short walk: a great Neolithic stone circle, a riverside wood and the red sandstone chambers of Lacy's Caves above the Eden.