The Lake District City Guides answer the questions every visitor has: which walkers’ inn is worth the drive up the valley, which lake boat spares you a fight for a parking space, where children can burn off energy when it pours, and which pub keeps the fire lit after a day on the fells. Each guide is a short, opinionated list with the reason to go, the area and a practical tip for every place, from Windermere and Keswick to Coniston, Wasdale and the coast, and it opens in your browser as soon as you pay.
About the Lake District City Guides
- 127 places
- 6 guides
- 5 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Lake District guides
Food guide
20 places
Old walkers’ inns at the foot of the fells, Michelin-starred tables worth booking, mill-yard cafés and bakeries, and gingerbread and sticky toffee pudding to carry home.
Things to do guide
20 places
The homes of Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter and Ruskin, lake boats that double as transport, short climbs to big views and the fells for a proper walk.
Family guide
22 places
Forest playgrounds, owls, steam trains and a haunted castle, easy walks and boat trips, five plans for wet days and where to feed everyone.
Nightlife guide
23 places
Fell pubs with open fires, brewery taps and beer bars, lawns that slope down to the water, and cinemas and theatres for the evening.
Day trips guide
20 places
The Cumbrian coast and its little steam railway, lake steamers and high passes, writers’ houses and gardens, and Hadrian’s Wall and the Dales, each with the bus, boat or train.
Budget guide
22 places
Free viewpoints and lakeshores, a ferry crossing for pocket change, small museums with low entry fees, and bakeries and chippies where lunch costs less than a day’s parking.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Lake Road Kitchen
Lake Road, Ambleside
A tiny Michelin-starred room where Nordic cooking meets Japanese technique: fermenting, foraging and vegetables grown for the kitchen. Vegetarians and vegans get a complete tasting menu of their own. From the food guide.
Castlerigg Stone Circle
Castle Lane, east of Keswick
Thirty-eight stones raised some 4,500 years ago on a high plateau, with Skiddaw, Blencathra and Helvellyn closing the horizon all around. It costs nothing and never closes. From the things to do guide.
Kirkstile Inn
Loweswater, near Cockermouth
A 16th-century inn tucked between two quiet lakes in the north-west, with low beams, open fires and a beer garden facing Mellbreak. Order the steak and ale pie with a Loweswater Gold. From the nightlife guide.
Plan your days in the Lakes
Day one: start in Windermere with the short climb up Orrest Head, take the boat from Bowness to Ambleside, book one of the restaurants from the food guide and end with a pint by a fell-pub fire. Day two: base yourself in Keswick, walk out to Castlerigg Stone Circle, ride the launch round Derwentwater and let the day trips guide take you on to Buttermere or Honister. For a wet or slow day, combine the rainy-day ideas in the family guide, the small museums from the budget guide and a long lunch in a walkers’ inn.
Questions about the Lake District guides
What do the Lake District City Guides include?
Six guides with 127 places in total: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. Each place has the reason to go, the area, notes on when it opens and one practical tip.
How do I receive the guides once I have paid?
The links show up on your order page straight after payment and arrive in your order email too. They open in any browser on a phone or laptop, with no app or account to set up.
Can I use the guides offline in the Lake District?
Yes. Open each guide once while you have signal and it keeps working without one, ticks and notes included, which helps in the valleys. Map links need mobile data.
Which languages are the guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Spanish and Dutch. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
Can I buy a single guide?
Yes. One guide costs £4.49, two cost £7.99, four cost £13.99 and all six cost £16.99.
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