First Time in South Cumbria for Families

Claire
First Time in South Cumbria for Families

Drinks & Nightlife

Amazing sunsets over Morecambe Bay, great pub food and drinks within an easy stroll of Rock Cottage.
Ship Inn, Sandside
Amazing sunsets over Morecambe Bay, great pub food and drinks within an easy stroll of Rock Cottage.

Essentials

This little supermarket is the north's answer to upmarket supermarket shopping. Jay Rayner actually describes Booths as a cross between Waitrose and a farmer's market, being stocked to the rafters with great local produce as well as high end brands.
Booths, Milnthorpe
Park Road
This little supermarket is the north's answer to upmarket supermarket shopping. Jay Rayner actually describes Booths as a cross between Waitrose and a farmer's market, being stocked to the rafters with great local produce as well as high end brands.

Food Scene

The best fish and chips in Cumbria fried up by friendly owners. Best eaten on the picnic benches outside watching the most stunning sun set over Morecambe Bay - stunning!
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Arnside Chip Shop & The Big Chip Cafe
1 The Promenade
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The best fish and chips in Cumbria fried up by friendly owners. Best eaten on the picnic benches outside watching the most stunning sun set over Morecambe Bay - stunning!
National Trust owned inn serving a delicious menu in a beautiful old house. A great pub garden too. £££
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Strickland Arms
Nannypie Lane
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National Trust owned inn serving a delicious menu in a beautiful old house. A great pub garden too. £££
Exclusively for afternoon tea in the restaurant overlooking the Bay. Combine with a walk along the prom and a visit to the Eric Morecambe statue. Also has a funky cocktail bar. Much more atmosphere during weekend daytimes.
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The Midland
Marine Road West
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Exclusively for afternoon tea in the restaurant overlooking the Bay. Combine with a walk along the prom and a visit to the Eric Morecambe statue. Also has a funky cocktail bar. Much more atmosphere during weekend daytimes.
Delicious pies and cakes baked on the premises. Bit of an institution for our family!
The Old Bakehouse Arnside
40 The Promenade
Delicious pies and cakes baked on the premises. Bit of an institution for our family!
Wonderful Michelin star rated fine dining restaurant with stunning tasting menu using locally foraged ingredients. Booking well in advance is essential. £££££
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L'Enclume
Cavendish Street
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Wonderful Michelin star rated fine dining restaurant with stunning tasting menu using locally foraged ingredients. Booking well in advance is essential. £££££
Delicious food served in a recently modernised inn.
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The New Inn, Yealand
40 Yealand Rd
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Delicious food served in a recently modernised inn.
Fabulous British tapas served up by a friendly young couple who had the foresight to set up this unique little place. Great way to finish off a trip to the tiny but lovely market town of Kirkby Lonsdsdale after taking a stroll through the churchyard to Ruskins View and enjoying the independent shops.
Number Nine Bar & Restaurant
9 Market St
Fabulous British tapas served up by a friendly young couple who had the foresight to set up this unique little place. Great way to finish off a trip to the tiny but lovely market town of Kirkby Lonsdsdale after taking a stroll through the churchyard to Ruskins View and enjoying the independent shops.
Come for the famous Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding. A lovely deli in a cute old building, selling all sorts of deli offerings. ££££
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Cartmel Village Shop
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Come for the famous Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding. A lovely deli in a cute old building, selling all sorts of deli offerings. ££££

Parks & Nature

Rare reed bed birds, deer, otters, and those stunning murmurations of starlings before dusk. There are several hides on the reserve. Finishing off with a brew and at least one slice of delicious homemade cake in the reserve's cafe comes recommended by Chris Packham and the BBC Springwatch crew (and by me!).
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RSPB Leighton Moss
Storrs Lane
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Rare reed bed birds, deer, otters, and those stunning murmurations of starlings before dusk. There are several hides on the reserve. Finishing off with a brew and at least one slice of delicious homemade cake in the reserve's cafe comes recommended by Chris Packham and the BBC Springwatch crew (and by me!).
Hire a boat or canoe, feed the ducks, enjoy the children's playground, kick a ball, come for Parkrun at 9am every Saturday, or simply for more cake and coffee in the tea room!
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Εθνική Εμπιστοσύνη - Πάρκο Fell Foot
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Hire a boat or canoe, feed the ducks, enjoy the children's playground, kick a ball, come for Parkrun at 9am every Saturday, or simply for more cake and coffee in the tea room!
Large playing field and children's playground just behind the Village Hall just a short stroll from Rock Cottage.
Storth Village Hall
Large playing field and children's playground just behind the Village Hall just a short stroll from Rock Cottage.

Getting Around

Catch the train for a short but scenic ride over the bay to Grange-over-Sands or Cark and Cartmel.
Arnside station
Catch the train for a short but scenic ride over the bay to Grange-over-Sands or Cark and Cartmel.

Shopping

Nice garden centre with gifts and tea room.
Beetham Nurseries
Pool Darkin Lane
Nice garden centre with gifts and tea room.
Sedbergh is the North-West of England's book town. Numerous second hand book places to lose yourself in.
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Sedbergh
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Sedbergh is the North-West of England's book town. Numerous second hand book places to lose yourself in.
If you forgot to bring any of your walking gear, bustling Ambleside is the place to go to replace it. As well a numerous outdoor shops it has a wooden toy shop, a superb place to buy a beautiful memento of your trip at the Old Courthouse Gallery, a shop selling beautiful sheepskin products, and, a personal favourite of mine, Detail, which sells graphic design and other quirky gifts and interiors.
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Ambleside
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If you forgot to bring any of your walking gear, bustling Ambleside is the place to go to replace it. As well a numerous outdoor shops it has a wooden toy shop, a superb place to buy a beautiful memento of your trip at the Old Courthouse Gallery, a shop selling beautiful sheepskin products, and, a personal favourite of mine, Detail, which sells graphic design and other quirky gifts and interiors.

Entertainment & Activities

Swimming pool for the children and a small soft play
Holgates Holiday Parks
Cove Road
Swimming pool for the children and a small soft play
For families with young children. A petting zoo, large soft play, plus a few shops.
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Greenlands Farm Village
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For families with young children. A petting zoo, large soft play, plus a few shops.
Tiny old cinema and vegetarian italian in one, sometimes with live jazz in the upstairs bar (Nice). A unique little spot.
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Zeffirellis
2 Compston Rd
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Tiny old cinema and vegetarian italian in one, sometimes with live jazz in the upstairs bar (Nice). A unique little spot.
Varied arts facility with a cinema, theatre and a restaurant/bar.
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Brewery Arts Centre
122A Highgate
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Varied arts facility with a cinema, theatre and a restaurant/bar.
A wonderful independent cinema and theatre with a bar.
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The Dukes
Moor Lane
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A wonderful independent cinema and theatre with a bar.