Eat and drink · Traditional
The Horse and Farrier
Dacre, Penrith
A friendly Ullswater-area inn with good ale selection and a menu built around proper Cumbrian produce.
Nearby
Another Place - The Lake
Lakeside Hotel, Ullswater, dogs welcome££££
A relaxed lakeside hotel on the shore of Ullswater built around the outdoors, with paddleboarding, kayaking and open water swimming on the doorstep. Eat in Rampsbeck, The Living Space or the Glasshouse, then swim in the pool looking out to the fells.
Rheged Centre
Culture & Food, Penrith, dogs welcome££££
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.
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 · 11.3 km · 317 m up
Ullswater Way: Howtown to Glenridding
About 3 hours
A favourite low-level Lakes walk: steamer to Howtown, then home along the wild eastern shore of Ullswater to Glenridding.
Moderate · 5.0 km · 266 m up
Hallin Fell and the Ullswater shore from Martindale
About 1 hour 30 minutes
Ullswater's best small fell: a 20-minute pull to a huge summit cairn, then a loop round the wooded shore past Kailpot Crag.