Here are twelve pubs you may like to try in Cumbria. I have no vested interest in promoting them, so do not get upset if your pub is left out! The maps shows the position of the pubs, a brief description is given below
| Drunken Duck | Barngates, Ambleside | off B5286 between Ambleside and Hawkshead | A splendid isolated pub, it got its name from a landlady who discovered that her ducks had died from over indulgence | |
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| Bridge Hotel | Buttermere | on B5289, 1 mile east of Crummock Water | First licensed in 1735, an good base for fell walking in the area | |
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| Old Dungeon Ghyll | Great Langdale | on B5343, 6 miles from Skelwith Bridge | 300 year old pub set on the fells with a dramatic waterfall nearby | |
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| Wasdale Head Inn | Wasdale Head | If you get to Wasdale Head you will find it | Set below towering Great Gable, the pub is a friendly base for serious fell walkers | |
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| String of Horses | Faugh | Heads Nook, 4 miles south of Brampton | Low beams, open fires and wood panelling. Built as a pack horse inn 1690 | |
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| Shepherd's Inn | Melmerby | on A686, 8 miles north east of Penrith | This popular red brick, slate roof pub has lots of good walks all around | |
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| Sun Inn | Dent | 4 miles SE of Sedbergh | Classic village pub, with a garden to sit in when its warm enough | |
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| Masons Arms | Cartmel Fell | off A5074, turn left for Bowland Bridge, one mile up that road | On a hilltop, amid a tangle of country lanes, its worth the journey | |
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| Manor House Inn | Oxon Park, Ulverston | off A5092, 3 miles north of Greenodd | Wonderful setting in a hamlet on the edge of Grizedale Forest | |
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| Tower Bank Arms | Near Sawrey | 2 miles SE of Hawkshead | Next door to Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's house, this is one of the few pubs owned by the National Trust | |
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| Watermill Inn | Ings | off A591, 2 miles east of Windermere | An old converted woodmill, on a quiet backwater, not far from Windermere | |
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| Mortal Man | Troutbeck | at the start of the Kirkstone Pass | A rather grand, but very pleasant lakeland inn |
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