Eat and drink · Gastropub
The Mortal Man
Troutbeck
Best Views
Troutbeck's beloved inn with arguably the finest beer-garden panorama in the Lake District. Worth it for the view alone.
Nearby
Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel Restaurant
Modern British, Windermere, dogs welcome££££
Award-winning restaurant with stunning lake views serving modern British cuisine with international influences. The elegant dining room offers an intimate setting with locally sourced ingredients.
The Samling
Country House Hotel, Windermere££££
A boutique country house hotel perched on a hillside above Windermere with panoramic lake views. Just 12 rooms means the service is impossibly personal, and the restaurant sources much of its produce from the 67-acre grounds.
Langdale Chase
Lakeside Hotel, Windermere, dogs welcome££££
A Victorian lakeside mansion on the shore of Windermere, welcoming guests since 1891 and given a careful restoration, with AA Rosette dining, a lakeside boathouse and watersports on Windermere.
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.