The Punch Bowl Inn
‘Always a favourite’ of Guide friends in the north, Richard Rose’s 300-year-old pub-with-rooms is in ‘one of the prettiest villages in south Lakeland’. More
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Hotel information
Bedrooms
9.
Open
all year.
Facilities
bar, bar dining area, restaurant, free Wi-Fi i, in-room TV (Freeview), civil wedding licence, 2 terraces, parking, bar and restaurant wheelchair accessible.
Background music
in public areas.
Children
all ages welcomed.
Dogs
allowed in bar only.
Credit cards
Amex, MasterCard, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B from £110. A la carte £35. 1-night bookings usually refused 25 Dec, 31 Dec.
Other reviews
Good Hotel Guide Review
‘Always a favourite’ of Guide friends in the north, Richard Rose’s 300-year-old pub-with-rooms is in ‘one of the prettiest villages in south Lakeland’. It is promoted to a full entry this year. ‘Lots of atmosphere, particularly in the front room with the wood-burning stove.’ Bedrooms are ‘comfortable and very reasonably priced’. Their names recall past vicars of St Mary’s church next door. All bedrooms have a Roberts radio, flat-screen TV, heated limestone bathroom floor, freestanding roll-top bath (two baths in the case of Noble, which occupies the entire top storey, under the eaves). Cooper has a four-poster bed built from reclaimed elm. Arthur Bridgeman Quin, ‘a great young chef with good ideas’, uses local, seasonal produce to pack a punch with such dishes as Cumbrian fillet steak, braised cheek, red wine jus, roast shallot, horseradish vinegar, creamed potato – and, from a separate veggie menu, caramelised carrot fondants, orange and cardamom sauce, baby leeks, sautéed potatoes. ‘He also does a mean rare roast beef with all the trimmings.’ Guests may ask to be woken with tea or coffee. (Stephanie Thompson and Keith Sutton, David Peel)
Tourist attractions
Sizergh Castle
Medieval house with an Elizabethan extension.
Lakeland Maize Maze
A huge maze, with a children's farm.
The Lake District
The largest of the English National Parks and the second largest in the United Kingdom.
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