Eat and drink · Country Inn
The Pheasant Inn
Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth
Heritage
A historic coaching inn by Bassenthwaite Lake, given a careful 2021 renovation that kept its old Lakeland bar character. A favourite with walkers and their dogs.
Nearby
Walks nearby
Moderate · 5.0 km · 382 m up
Dodd from Dodd Wood (Old Sawmill)
About 1 hour 30 minutes
A steep woodland climb from the Old Sawmill to a summit with a view over Bassenthwaite Lake, Derwentwater and across the Solway to Scotland.
Hard · 12.5 km · 855 m up
Grisedale Pike and Hopegill Head from Braithwaite
About 4 hours
Braithwaite's big fell: straight up the ridge to Grisedale Pike, along the rim of Hobcarton Crag to Hopegill Head, and back down Coledale past the old Force Crag Mine.
Moderate · 4.9 km · 292 m up
Latrigg from Keswick
About 1 hour 30 minutes
Keswick's own small fell: up Spooney Green Lane and the zigzags to a grassy top with one of the finest views of Derwentwater in the Lakes.