Pubs in Grasmere
When you’ve been gadding about in Grasmere, hiking the local fells, visiting Wordsworth’s grave, mooching round Dove Cottage, or stocking up on gingerbread, we think you’ll be ready for a drink (or two).
Happily, there’s plenty of choice in this lovely Lake District village.
If you’re heading further afield, check out our other pub guides:
Keswick Pubs / Dog Friendly Pubs / Hawkshead Pubs / Bowness & Windermere Pubs / Best pubs with Views
The 6 fantastic pubs in Grasmere
Tweedies | Good Sport | The Poets | 1769 | Traveller’s Rest | The Swan
Tweedies Bar & Lodge
Everyone’s welcome at Tweedies Bar & Lodge: lone travellers, families (with dogs in tow), loved-up couples, friends, and friends who haven’t met yet.
This welcoming and informal award-winning bar serves up quality real ale and craft ciders, thirst-quenching beers and perries, and soft drinks for designated drivers.
And the food? Hearty, seasonal and very, very tasty, with plenty of choice for the veggies amongst you too.
The Sunday roasts are also something to write home about – with roasties ‘your gran will be jealous of’. That’s fighting talk.
The Good Sport
Great food, great beer, great vibes is how the The Good Sport introduces itself to the world, and who are we to argue? Oh, and don’t expect to see any sport – they don’t show any.
What you can expect though, is craft beer and gin brewed in Grasmere, fantastic locally sourced food, and a large terrace on the banks of the River Rothay to relax on.
All the food is home-cooked to order, and while the menu doesn’t detour too far from the usual pub classics, it’s all made with fresh ingredients and a great big dollop of love.
All their lager, cider and gin is brewed by hand down the road at Lake View Farm.
And, it probably goes without saying, but your pooches are welcome to hang out too.
The Poets Café and Bar
You don’t have to be a poet to visit the Poet’s Café and Bar, but we think this cosy village pub-style bar in the Lancrigg Hotel will have you waxing lyrical – especially when you’re a couple of locally brewed real ales in.
There are stunning views aplenty from the beer garden in the grounds, and dogs are welcome inside the family-friendly bar.
The food is simple but filling – with pizzas and pub favourites on the menu, along with sandwiches and home-made cakes to fuel you for a walk on the fells or exploring one of the trails in the 30 acres of gardens.
1769 @ the Inn at Grasmere
Styling itself as a classic travellers inn, 1769, which belongs to the hotel next door yet is very much its own destination, is a rustic and welcoming spot to while away some time after a day’s hiking on the surrounding fells.
On the menu you’ll find the familiar pub favourites, along with a selection of sourdough pizzas, and to wash it all down, a selection of Cumbrian ales – they reckon they’re one of the best real ale pubs around. You be the judge. Not into real ale? Fear not – there’s beer, cider, wine and spirits to slake your thirst too.
And doggos? They’re very welcome to come in and rest their paws.
The Traveller’s Rest
Charming, characterful and traditional, The Traveller’s Rest is a whitewashed 16th-century coaching inn just on the edge of Grasmere.
If you’re after rustic oak beams to admire, cosy nooks to hide away in, roaring log fires in winter to snuggle up next to, a beer garden for summer supping of locally brewed ales (with stunning views to boot) and an award-winning menu of tasty home-cooked food to fill your belly after a hike on the surrounding fells, then get travelling so you can get resting.
The Swan
We don’t know whether Wordsworth actually downed a pint in The Swan, but this traditional 17th-century former coaching inn does get a mention in his poem ‘The Waggoner’.
Charmingly rustic and traditional on the inside (and yes, there’s a blazing log fire in the winter), with a beer garden overlooking the fells outside, it’s a great spot for a post-hike local pint and a bite to eat.
Food is a mixture of seasonal dishes and pub classics’ greatest hits, with lighter bites for smaller appetites served during the day.
They keep Sundays special too, dishing up a Sunday roast with choice of beef, turkey or pork loin, and a roast vegetable gratin for non-meat eaters – plus all the trimmings, of course.
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