Eat and drink · Traditional
The Queens Head
Penrith
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.
Nearby
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.
Allium at Askham Hall
Farm to Table, Askham, dogs welcome££££
Garden-to-plate dining at its most authentic - much of what you eat is grown steps from the kitchen in this stunning Grade I hall.
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 · 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.