Area
Excellent local restaurants include the Scafell Hotel in Rosthwaite and Langstrath Hotel in Stonethwaite – both a short walk away. There is a public bar at the Scafell hotel which serves bar meals. The Longthwaite Youth Hostel has an excellent bar and meals can be ordered in advance.
Alternatively try the local Herdwick lamb from the Flock In shop in Rosthwaite.
Keswick offers a wide variety of food shops, outdoor equipment shops, a theatre and cinema along many other attractions. Keswick Market is held in Market Square on Thursdays Feb-Dec and every Saturday, with a large variety of stalls.
There is a good bus service between Longthwaite and Keswick. Half hourly, you can catch the 78 from the stop at the Stonethwaite crossroads of the B5289, getting off outside Booths supermarket. To return to Longthwaite, catch the same bus 78 outside Booths and get off at the Stonethwaite crossroads, the house is 5 mins walk down the lane signposted ‘Youth Hostel’. There can be large traffic cues at the entrance to Keswick from Borrowdale in the afternoons so its worth planning your journey to avoid these times if possible.
Great Gable from Black Sail Hut
A Frosty Scene
Helvellyn Range in Winter
Derwent Water from the Lodore Landing Stage
Heron on the Derwent outside the house
Borrowdale with Langdale pikes on the horizon
Derwentwater
The House in Winter
Great Gable from Sprinkling Tarn
Local Links:
To Eat:
Flock-In: tea room at Yew Tree Farm in Rothswaite
The Langstrath Country Inn: pub in Stonethwaite, Langstrath
The Riverside Bar: pub at The Scafell Hotel, Rothswaite
Leiths head restaurant: Restaurant in the valley
Glaramara: hotel dining in the valley
The Square Orange Keswick bar/restaurant
The Fellpack Keswick restaurant
The Dog & Gun Keswick pub & restaurant
Lake Road Brunch Keswick cafe - also do evening meals
To get around:
Local bus and taxi services: Keswick travel information
Bus timetables: X4 or X5 from Penrith to Keswick, 77A or 78 to Longthwaite
Keswick: visitor website with general visitor information
https://www.thetrainline.com/ visitor website with general visitor information best site for train travel to Penrith and the coastal line.
To enjoy:
YHA Borrowdale: Youth Hostel with coffee shop and bar in Longthwaite
Theatre by the Lake: lakeside theatre with a large venue and studio, in Keswick
Derwent Pencil Museum: museum presenting the history of graphite and one of the world's tallest coloured pencils
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery: local literary, geological and natural history treasures, including poet Robert Southey's letters, a lock of Wordsworth's hair and a 700 year old mummified cat
Derwentwater launch Regular ferry clockwise and anticlockwise round the lake. Check their website for timetable and stopping places - depends on lake level.
