Shopping, Food and Drink

Home cooked food at its very best! Renowned for the best meats, cheeses, cakes and bread, to name a few, in the North, the Western Lake District has it all for the food lover. Award-winning ale, chunky Cumberland sausages, jams, handmade truffles, cream teas, indulgent –cream and critically acclaimed wines – our retailers and restaurants you the best in Cumbria.

An array of restaurants and cafes, all drawing on local produce, promises you a taste to remember. Dine on freshly caught fish in an ultra-urban ambience on the shore in Whitehaven, or nestle into an inn alcove for a delicious steak-in-ale pie in Loweswater – you will not be disappointed by the quality and range on offer.

Click on the appropriate link for more details about some of the local shops and restaurants.