‘Pub of the Year’

Michelin Pub Guide 2009

"Impressive wine lists, striking interiors, warm welcomes
or enchanting locations?
...only one pub can take the title"

"A young couple in tweeds and muddy wellies walk into the Punch Bowl Inn with their Springer Spaniel, its feathery tail wagging a welcome. Its like a scene from P.G. Wodehouse or Dorothy Sayers come to life, and I feel like I am truly in an English country pub." Joanne Sasvari, Canwest News April 2010

The present day Punch Bowl Inn is a luxury Lake District hotel that offers a unique blend of old and new, providing a relaxed mixture of excellent food, comfortable interiors, good beers and wines in a stunning rural location.

The Punch Bowl Inn is situated in the heart of the delightfully unspoilt Lyth Valley at Crosthwaite in Cumbria, alongside the Parish Church of St Mary's. We offer a classic, contemporary style, formal restaurant and a traditional pub menu in our bar with the same menu served throughout.

We are open all year round and each of our accommodation rooms are luxurious and individually furnished with hand-picked throws, flat screen TV's, spacious bathrooms with Arran Aromatics toiletries. Our rates include complimentary afternoon tea. Come and experience our luxury Lake District hotel accommodation.