Woodhouse Restaurant Guide

This famous 400-year-old Lake District inn with its own brewery is the “perfect choice after a day fell-walking – you can eat in the bar or more formal dining room”, or outdoors in the summer. A less enthusiastic diner said that “as at many places in the Lakes, you’re paying for the location”, but still scored the food relatively highly.

2022 Review: “Good all round” – this vegetarian restaurant in a pretty townhouse next to Cockermouth castle offers diners the popular option of tasting everything on the menu. Louisa & Colin Le Voi, who have run it with minimal help for 32 years, have put the restaurant on the market but are in no rush to retire.