Townfoot Guidebook

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Townfoot Guidebook

Eating out

Tried and tested, popular eateries.
Great little cafe serving snacks and cakes (not open evenings) situated next to Skelwith Bridge and the waterfalls. Approximately 45 minute walk from Elterwater via a beautiful easy riverside path.
66 habitants recommandent
Chesters By The River
66 habitants recommandent
Great little cafe serving snacks and cakes (not open evenings) situated next to Skelwith Bridge and the waterfalls. Approximately 45 minute walk from Elterwater via a beautiful easy riverside path.
Perfect for an evening meal. We've eaten here many times. Warm cosy place with great food.
12 habitants recommandent
Lucy's On A Plate
6 Church St
12 habitants recommandent
Perfect for an evening meal. We've eaten here many times. Warm cosy place with great food.
A cosy restaurant with an open kitchen cooking up classic Mediterranean dishes from local produce. Great pizzas!
14 habitants recommandent
Dodds Restaurant
Rydal Road
14 habitants recommandent
A cosy restaurant with an open kitchen cooking up classic Mediterranean dishes from local produce. Great pizzas!
Amazing food in this gastro pub. If you want to push the boat out, their chateaubriand steak to share is delicious.
14 habitants recommandent
The Wild Boar
Crook Road
14 habitants recommandent
Amazing food in this gastro pub. If you want to push the boat out, their chateaubriand steak to share is delicious.
A small, fantastic fish restaurant, with a limited menu and booking usually required as it is so popular. Great, high quality food.
9 habitants recommandent
Hooked
Ellerthwaite Square
9 habitants recommandent
A small, fantastic fish restaurant, with a limited menu and booking usually required as it is so popular. Great, high quality food.
Opened in 2022. A small, cute French restaurant serving fantastic quality food
Bellis
Rydal Road
Opened in 2022. A small, cute French restaurant serving fantastic quality food
Serves a great cooked breakfast and snacks all day. Open daily from 10am, closed Tuesdays. A ten minute walk from Townfoot in Troutbeck.
The Old Post Office Tea Room Troutbeck
Serves a great cooked breakfast and snacks all day. Open daily from 10am, closed Tuesdays. A ten minute walk from Townfoot in Troutbeck.
Great, vegetarian, Italian food. With a cinema attached. They do film and a meal deals.
64 habitants recommandent
Zeffirellis
2 Compston Rd
64 habitants recommandent
Great, vegetarian, Italian food. With a cinema attached. They do film and a meal deals.
Fantastic tapas style dishes in a beautiful location. With views over Elterwater valley and its own distillery making fantastic spirits, this place is definitely worth a visit for a treat. Dog friendly
Lanty Slee's Elterwater
Fantastic tapas style dishes in a beautiful location. With views over Elterwater valley and its own distillery making fantastic spirits, this place is definitely worth a visit for a treat. Dog friendly
Lovely pub, and if warm enough to sit outside, a terrace with beautiful views over the valley. Good value, great quality food. Do friendly
50 habitants recommandent
The Masons Arms
50 habitants recommandent
Lovely pub, and if warm enough to sit outside, a terrace with beautiful views over the valley. Good value, great quality food. Do friendly
Good value, high quality food. Great selection of beers. Fab burgers.
Ambleside Tap Yard
Good value, high quality food. Great selection of beers. Fab burgers.

Local towns

Not short of an outdoor clothing shop or two! But also home to lots of cafes, boutique and craft shops as well as galleries and small local shops. A great spot to start walks from.
145 habitants recommandent
Ambleside
145 habitants recommandent
Not short of an outdoor clothing shop or two! But also home to lots of cafes, boutique and craft shops as well as galleries and small local shops. A great spot to start walks from.
Distinct from Bowness, though it seems to merge into one, this small village has lovely traditional butchers and a lot of other locally owned artisan shops
150 habitants recommandent
Windermere
The Promenade
150 habitants recommandent
Distinct from Bowness, though it seems to merge into one, this small village has lovely traditional butchers and a lot of other locally owned artisan shops

Walks

A selection of some enjoyable and not too arduous walks with beautiful views. All dog friendly!
A beautiful tarn, high up in the mountains. It has a lovely 35 minute circular walk around the edge of it, from the National Trust car park. Take a picnic, and your camera! (Wheelchair friendly)
88 habitants recommandent
Tarn Hows
88 habitants recommandent
A beautiful tarn, high up in the mountains. It has a lovely 35 minute circular walk around the edge of it, from the National Trust car park. Take a picnic, and your camera! (Wheelchair friendly)
Sat at the top of a windy pass up from the end of Langdale valley, this beautiful tarn is worth a visit for a walk around it. Easy parking in the National Trust car park. Our dog loves swimming here!
19 habitants recommandent
Blea Tarn
19 habitants recommandent
Sat at the top of a windy pass up from the end of Langdale valley, this beautiful tarn is worth a visit for a walk around it. Easy parking in the National Trust car park. Our dog loves swimming here!
A short walk from Ambleside is this lovely waterfall.
16 habitants recommandent
Chute d'eau de Stock Ghyll Force
6 Stockghyll Ln
16 habitants recommandent
A short walk from Ambleside is this lovely waterfall.
Miles and miles of forestry commission tracks, accessible on bikes or on foot. There are a few tiny, secret tarns hidden throughout the area which are worth discovering.
85 habitants recommandent
Grizedale Forest
85 habitants recommandent
Miles and miles of forestry commission tracks, accessible on bikes or on foot. There are a few tiny, secret tarns hidden throughout the area which are worth discovering.
Climb to the top of the waterfall and cross over on an old packhorse bridge. A lovely circular walk from the National trust Car park
68 habitants recommandent
Chutes d'eau Aira Force
68 habitants recommandent
Climb to the top of the waterfall and cross over on an old packhorse bridge. A lovely circular walk from the National trust Car park
Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building which you can walk to, with a scenic footpath running along the side of Windermere from Red Nab Car Park.
54 habitants recommandent
Château Wray du National Trust
54 habitants recommandent
Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building which you can walk to, with a scenic footpath running along the side of Windermere from Red Nab Car Park.

Shopping

Small supermarket in Windermere, with the excellent, high-quality food, probably in the Marks and Spencer, or Waitrose price bracket.
36 habitants recommandent
Booths, Windermere
Victoria Street
36 habitants recommandent
Small supermarket in Windermere, with the excellent, high-quality food, probably in the Marks and Spencer, or Waitrose price bracket.
In Kendal. Twenty five minutes from Windermere, this is a new, large store. Great for a weekly shop. Also stocks clothing and homeware, plus an Argos branch.
26 habitants recommandent
Sainsbury's
Cable Street
26 habitants recommandent
In Kendal. Twenty five minutes from Windermere, this is a new, large store. Great for a weekly shop. Also stocks clothing and homeware, plus an Argos branch.
Great local butcher, in Windermere
Huddleston Butchers Ltd
16a Crescent Rd
Great local butcher, in Windermere

Activities

Go Ape has a run of 7 zip wires which whizzes through the tree-tops. Expensive but worth a bit of a treat for the adrenaline rush. You can also hire normal or electric bikes to explore all the forestry commission tracks
53 habitants recommandent
Go Ape Grizedale
53 habitants recommandent
Go Ape has a run of 7 zip wires which whizzes through the tree-tops. Expensive but worth a bit of a treat for the adrenaline rush. You can also hire normal or electric bikes to explore all the forestry commission tracks
Visit the last working slate mine in England. Quarrying for Westmorland green slate has been taken place in the area since 1728. Apart from the mining, they welcome tourists with activities including a rock face climb - the Via Ferrata.
75 habitants recommandent
Honister Slate Mine
Honister Pass
75 habitants recommandent
Visit the last working slate mine in England. Quarrying for Westmorland green slate has been taken place in the area since 1728. Apart from the mining, they welcome tourists with activities including a rock face climb - the Via Ferrata.
Waterskiing, canoeing, paddleboarding, sailing, boat hire and flyboarding facilities on Windermere
22 habitants recommandent
Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa
Ambleside Road
22 habitants recommandent
Waterskiing, canoeing, paddleboarding, sailing, boat hire and flyboarding facilities on Windermere
Very scenic and relaxing trips up the length of Ullswater.
81 habitants recommandent
Bateaux à vapeur Ullswater
Grisedale Bridge
81 habitants recommandent
Very scenic and relaxing trips up the length of Ullswater.
Especially worth a visit for a family with children. A very popular attraction in Bowness
103 habitants recommandent
L'attraction du monde de Beatrix Potter
Crag Brow
103 habitants recommandent
Especially worth a visit for a family with children. A very popular attraction in Bowness
Set on the West coast, it is a long drive, but several scenic routes can be taken. Well worth a visit for a full day out, if you have time. It is also close to Muncaster Castle.
108 habitants recommandent
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Co.Ltd
Main Street
108 habitants recommandent
Set on the West coast, it is a long drive, but several scenic routes can be taken. Well worth a visit for a full day out, if you have time. It is also close to Muncaster Castle.

Historic sites

Worth a visit if you're heading north to Keswick. This is worth stopping off to enjoy the spectacular views from the site. It has panoramic views and the mountains of Helvellyn and High Seat as a backdrop. It is also among the earliest British circles, raised in about 3000 BC during the Neolithic period.
44 habitants recommandent
Cercle de pierres de Castlerigg
Castle Lane
44 habitants recommandent
Worth a visit if you're heading north to Keswick. This is worth stopping off to enjoy the spectacular views from the site. It has panoramic views and the mountains of Helvellyn and High Seat as a backdrop. It is also among the earliest British circles, raised in about 3000 BC during the Neolithic period.

Take away

Great take-away pizza
19 habitants recommandent
The Sourdough Pizza Co
19 habitants recommandent
Great take-away pizza
Award winning fish and chips
Vinegar Jones
Award winning fish and chips