Food and Drink - our favourite Keswick restaurants
Cafe/Restaurant open for breakfast, lunch and dinner opposite the Moot Hall. Innovative menu and excellent coffee
Seasonal, creative menus served in a cosy atmosphere. Evening booking highly recommended. Sister restaurant The Round serves excellent beef, chicken and vegetarian burgers.
Ever popular, this quirky coffee shop and bar has bags of character and serves excellent pizza and tapas alongside an interesting range of beers and wines.
One of the oldest hotels in the Lake District, The George has a cosy bar and a large restaurant serving their legendary (and huge) Cow Pie. A wide ranging menu has plenty of options for the less hungry too.
Our favourite pizza restaurant and takeaway, close to The George and the Square Orange on St John's Street.
Things to Do
This beautiful little picturehouse is worth a visit just to admire the theatre itself. It shows the latest releases as well as regular live streamed theatre, ballet and opera performances.
Always worth checking what's on at this large theatre by Derwentwater. Regular productions throughout the year, as well as live music and talks.
Take a tour of England's last working slate mine or book onto a Via Ferrata adventure, following in the footsteps of the early miners. Alternatively, have a slice of cake while they make you a customised house sign out of Honister slate.
This creative space and gallery features regular workshops, as well as a changing lineup of local artists' work in the gallery shop. Located in Keswick on the bank of the river Greta overlooking Fitz Park.
Useful links
The best weather forecasting service for walkers, predicting temperatures, wind chill, visibility, and freezing points for the summits. Don't hit the fells without checking here first.
Very useful website with links to bus services and a What's On guide detailing the many festivals and events that Keswick hosts all year round.
Unsure how to use the wood burning stove in Crow Cottage? No problem. The Burnright website has a very useful 'how to' video, as well as lots of tips and tricks for a perfect cosy fire.