Eat and drink · Traditional
The Golden Rule
Smithy Brow, Ambleside
Local Legend
No food, no music, no pretence. Ambleside's no-nonsense Robinsons pub is a perfect pint in its purest form.
Nearby
The Unicorn Inn
Traditional, Ambleside££££
A proper Ambleside local that doesn't try to be anything it isn't - good beer, good craic, good value.
Dodds Restaurant
Modern British, Ambleside££££
A relaxed, long-running Italian restaurant on Rydal Road in Ambleside, serving lunch and dinner with a takeaway menu too.
Zeffirellis
Vegetarian Italian, Ambleside, dogs welcome££££
Vegetarian Italian cinema-restaurant hybrid that has been an Ambleside landmark for decades. The pizzas are excellent.
Walks nearby
Hard · 11.6 km · 602 m up
Wansfell Pike and Troutbeck from Ambleside
About 3 hours 30 minutes
Ambleside's own fell: past Stock Ghyll Force to Wansfell Pike, down Nanny Lane to Troutbeck, home through Skelghyll Woods and Jenkin Crag.
Hard · 19.5 km · 1018 m up
The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside
About 5 hours 30 minutes
One of the great Lakeland rounds: from Ambleside up Nab Scar and over eight tops around the Rydal valley, with Fairfield's summit at the head.
Moderate · 10.2 km · 413 m up
Loughrigg Fell from Ambleside
About 2 hours 30 minutes
Ambleside's own fell: over the knobbly top of Loughrigg, along Loughrigg Terrace above Grasmere, past Rydal Cave and home by the River Rothay.