Guidebook for Cumbria
Food Scene
Local bar and restaurant with lively bar, lots of locals and visitors.
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The Dalesman Country Inn
Main StreetLocal bar and restaurant with lively bar, lots of locals and visitors.
Open in the daytime and evening - best to book in the evening. Menu and pizza menu. Lively atmosphere and about a 20 minute drive from the house
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Avanti bar & restaurant
57 Main StOpen in the daytime and evening - best to book in the evening. Menu and pizza menu. Lively atmosphere and about a 20 minute drive from the house
Local, relatively new restaurant open in the daytime for food, coffee and cake and in the evening for full meals.
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Three Hares Café
57 Main StLocal, relatively new restaurant open in the daytime for food, coffee and cake and in the evening for full meals.
Entertainment & Activities
Its an easy 35 minute drive into Windermere and Beatrix Potter world via Kendal
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I-World of Beatrix Potter Attraction
Crag BrowIts an easy 35 minute drive into Windermere and Beatrix Potter world via Kendal
Arts & Culture
Home of William Wordsworth - see what inspired him to write. Set in beautiful National Park - about a 45 minute drive from the house
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Dove Cottage
Home of William Wordsworth - see what inspired him to write. Set in beautiful National Park - about a 45 minute drive from the house
Selling crafts and paintings by artists living in a 15 mile radius of Sedbergh. Stock changes constantly.
craftworkshop
61 Main StSelling crafts and paintings by artists living in a 15 mile radius of Sedbergh. Stock changes constantly.
Everything Else
Farfield Mill still has the working looms of its historical past as a woollen mill. Local artists and craftspeople rent studios where they produce and sell their work. Excellent cafe. A 5 minute drive or a pleasant walk by the river - directions in the house
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Farfield Mill
Garsdale RdFarfield Mill still has the working looms of its historical past as a woollen mill. Local artists and craftspeople rent studios where they produce and sell their work. Excellent cafe. A 5 minute drive or a pleasant walk by the river - directions in the house
Essentials
Decent supermarket with cash point outside less than half a mile from the house
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SPAR Sedbergh
Station RoadDecent supermarket with cash point outside less than half a mile from the house
Powells Fruit Merchants
52 Main StLocal greengrocer who also sells milk, cheeses, local ice cream
Asda Kendal Superstore
Burton RoadLarge supermarket about 20 minutes drive
An assortment of shops including Next, Pets at Home, Poundstretcher, sports shops and dry cleaners
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Morrisons
An assortment of shops including Next, Pets at Home, Poundstretcher, sports shops and dry cleaners
Shopping
William Peat Butchers
2 Finkle StLocal fresh meat, hams, cheese etc
Quaint town with lots of independent shops, cafes etc about 15 minutes drive from house
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Kirkby Lonsdale
Quaint town with lots of independent shops, cafes etc about 15 minutes drive from house
Getting Around
Best to arrange in advance, in centre of Kendal
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car - Kendal
Mintsfeet RoadBest to arrange in advance, in centre of Kendal
Mainline train station with direct trains to Windermere, Manchester, Newcastle, London and links to everywhere else!
Station
Mainline train station with direct trains to Windermere, Manchester, Newcastle, London and links to everywhere else!