Carl’s Liked Places

Carl Griffin: Very tasty and good value Chinese takeaway.

Carl Griffin: Friendly Working Men's Club. Rare example of a WMC in the area that serves real ale.

Carl Griffin: Wonderful bar with a restaurant / cafe area. Excellent and good value menu. Great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Excellent conversion of a dilapidated pub by the Sonnet 43 Brewery. You can find their excellent real ales on the bar. Great menu. Very interesting and eclectic interior.

Carl Griffin: Excellent community facility. Good place to hire for a party.

Carl Griffin: Pleasant roadside inn with a lovely beer garden and cosy interior.

Carl Griffin: Friendly community driven pub. Good conversation is king.

Carl Griffin: Bright and airy hotel with comfortable rooms and excellent food offerings. The bar is open to nonresidents and serves great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Convenient substitute waiting room for the nearby railway station. Light and modern interior. Great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Cosy village pub with open fires and a pleasant beer garden. Imaginative food menu. Great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Best Chinese restaurant in the area.

Carl Griffin: Home to the Hesket Newmarket brewery. The pub is the country's first cooperatively owned pub. Supported by Prince Charles. Great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Lovely 17th century coaching inn that serves excellent home cooked food using local ingredients. Wonderful views down the valley. Great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Home to the Brack 'n' Brew brewery. Their excellent real ales can be found on the bar. Lovely views of Ullswater.

Carl Griffin: Excellent and comfortable accommodation. Incredible views from the rear beer garden. Great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Incredibly interesting farmers cottage. The wood carvings are so intricate. Run by the National Trust.

Carl Griffin: Home to the Wild Boar Brewery. The range of their great real ales can be found on the bar.

Carl Griffin: Comfortable accommodation and very tasty food. Has two bars including a cellar bar. Great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Wonderful beer garden with amazing views. Good reputation for food. Great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Lovely traditional Lakeland pub. Dining and drinking areas are separated. Great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Tremendous views of the Southern fells. Lovely beer garden. Cosy snug. Great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Excellent real ales. Best sampled at the Drunken Duck in Barngates ( brewery tap).

Carl Griffin: Home to the Barngates Brewery. You can find their range of great real ales on the bar. Excellent views from the benches out the front.

Carl Griffin: Excellent real ales, especially the No 9 Barley Wine. Try their beers at the adjacent Black Bull Inn.

Carl Griffin: Home of the Coniston Brewing Company. You can find their full range of great real ales on the bar. Comfortable accommodation.

Carl Griffin: Beautiful traditional 500 year old inn. You can sit outside and watch the activity in the village square. Great real ales.

Carl Griffin: Interesting building with great views across the lake. Lots of things to entertain children. Run by the National Trust.

Carl Griffin: Wonderful and comfortable hotel with amazing views across the lake. Great place for a wedding reception.

Carl Griffin: Bishop Auckland is the cheapest town in UK for petrol and Morrison's is regularly the cheapest in town.