Eating In

Our top recommendations for local food and drink suppliers are - click on the name to link to their website

A Day's Walk - online shopping and delivery service offering the best locally produced and sourced produce

Lakeland Artisan - an award-winning artisan food and drink company producing high-quality, hand-crafted products

Booths - regional supermarket in Windermere stocking an excellent range of local produce

Claytons - traditional butchers in Windermere, trading since 1907

Plumgarths Farm Shop - a family run farm shop set in an independent produce retail park near the A591, west of Kendal

Hawkshead Relish - an artisan producer of award winning preserves based in the historic village of Hawkshead

Penningtons - a Kendal based, family owned company providing a great range of ethically sourced teas and coffees

Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding - home of the original, much loved and home baked sticky toffee pudding - found in the lovely village of Cartmel

Grasmere Gingerbread - invented by Victorian cook Sarah Nelson in 1854 in the  Lake District village from where it gets its name

Roly's Fudge - artisan fudge producers in Bowness, started in 1987 in a farmhouse cottage kitchen

Helen's Chocolates - luxury chocolate products, award winning handmade fudge, bon bons, and traditional sweets, in Bowness

The Little Ice Cream Shop - independent shops in Windermere and Hawkshead serving over 40 flavours of ice cream

Bowness Bay Brewing -  hand-crafted, Lakeland-inspired beers, brewed in Kendal

Shed 1 Gin - small batch gin distillery based in the lovely local town of Ulverston