Your Guide 2 the Lake District

Cafés in the Lake District and Cumbria

Butterfingers Cafe
Butterfingers Cafe
Outstanding food and very friendly staff, well used by both locals and regular visitors to Grange over Sandsmore info...
Cappuccino's Café & Restaurant
Cappuccino's Café & Restaurant
Cappuccino's is a relaxed, stylish Café & Restaurant in Grange-over-Sands that serves Italian Segafredo coffee and a delicious Continental style menu offering breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner, tapas...more info...
Monties Café
Cafés - Bowness on Windermere - Lake District Eating Out Guide Monties Café with Rooms An up market licensed café with quality Bed and Breakfast rooms located ...more info...
Natland Mill Beck, Ice Cream Parlour
Natland Mill Beck, Ice Cream Parlour
Ice Cream Parlour & Cafe, Working Farm and Farm Shop Ideally Situated On The Edge Of Kendal, Just Off The Asda Roundaboutmore info...
Staveley Antiques
Furniture and Interior Furnishers. Specialising in Antique and Reproduction Bedroom Furniture and Antique Lighting, Based in Staveley near kendalmore info...
Sunrise Cottage Tea Rooms - Grange-over-Sands
Sunrise Cottage, fully licensed Tea Rooms in Grange over Sands on the edge of the Lake District, serving locally sourced quality food.more info...
The Joshua Tree Café & Bistro
The Joshua Tree is a delightful Cafe & Bistro in an Olde Worlde setting, tucked away in one of Kendal's ancient Yardsmore info...
The Mews Café Kirkby Lonsdale
Licensed Coffee House and Cafe tucked away just off Kirkby Lonsdale Main Street, sited in a sunny courtyard - plenty of outside seating.more info...
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The beauty of the Lake District and Cumbria is matched only by the abundance and quality of its cafés. A rich assortment lie waiting to be discovered, particularly in the hot spots of Bowness, Windermere, Ambleside and Keswick.


Bowness is the most popular place in the Lake District for tourists and has a lively mix of coffee shops. Quirky internet café The Elephant and Camel on Lake Road offers free Wi-Fi access and vegetarian fare with a Middle Eastern and Asian flavour. Monties café  and B&B on Crag Brow serves all day refreshments including a selection of wines. Local attractions in Bowness have their own serviceable cafés, such as the Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, or The World of Beatrix Potter.


Windermere town is very close to Bowness, but has a slightly more traditional ambience. Here, visitors can see the Brockhole Lake District National Park Visitor Centre, which includes café and gardens. Francine's Coffee House on Main Road is a bistro specialising in seafood, while Lazy Daisy's Lakeland Kitchen on Crescent Road is well known for its generous desserts. At the back of Windermere Railway Station is Booths supermarket, which has its own modern café in what was formerly a Victorian railway station.


Ambleside sits at the head of Lake Windermere, surrounded by parks, woods and gardens. There are many independent eateries such as Chester`s Café on Skelwith Bridge and The Apple Pie Eating House and Bakery on Rydal Road. Zefferelli's on Compston Road boasts a cinema and pizzeria. Grandy Nook café, with its low roof and wooden beams, is located in Ambleside's Hawkshead village. Nearby Buttercups Café is even tinier and so easily missed; it has its own sign at The Square.


Keswick lies some way to the North West of Ambleside and has a range of eclectic coffee shops. Near to Keswick's market square is the modern Café Bar 26 with wireless broadband and B&B. The Lakeland Pedlar Café and Bicycle Centre is a vegetarian wholefood café and bike shop in the town centre. Good Taste Café on Lake Road also runs a range of cookery days. Keswick's Square Orange on St John's Street has a full bar, food and live music.


Cumbria's charming cafés are a source of pleasure for locals and holidaymakers in equal measure. They provide relaxing surroundings, good food and the freshest coffee from
bean to cup.