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| The Woolpack Inn
| | Find out more: |  Click Here | | Type: | Hotels and B&Bs | | Town: | Eskdale | | Special Offer(s): | | | Description: | Location alone should be enough to bring you to the Woolpack Inn, at the top of Eskdale, one of England’s most dramatic valleys, and the bottom of one of its most exciting roads, Hardknott Pass.
Stay in one of the Lake District’s most beautiful landscapes in our cosy and comfortable rooms. All our rooms have TVs with digital channels, a hot drinks tray, hair dryer and gorgeous Arran Aromatics bathroom goodies. Some of our rooms are suitable for travel cots and extra beds, and dogs are welcome.
We serve brilliant breakfasts with plenty of choice, using the best local produce, and for later in the day, the Woolpack, one of Cumbria’s most historic inns, and is being lovingly restored and refurbished. We’ve created a relaxed and welcoming inn, filled with great ales, hearty food, lots of laughter and a few surprises.
Our pub offers cosy corners around a wood burning stove and our menus use the freshest ingredients, inspired by the fantastic produce available on our doorstep. Our course, we offer a vast selection of local real ales and fine wines. If you’re in the mood for something different, our vodka bar stocks over 50 different flavours. The Hardknott Bar and Café at the Woolpack serves posh coffees and gorgeous cakes, pastries and scones as well as light bites throughout the day. In the evening, delicious homemade pizzas are made to order in our Italian wood fired oven.
Families are welcome throughout the Woolpack but particularly enjoy the large beer garden and outdoor play area. The Rainy Day Shop sells a selection of toys and games to entertain the family if the weather is less than perfect. Well behaved dogs are always welcome and we have special dog friendly breaks.
The Woolpack Inn also has a wedding licence and a regular events and entertainment calendar.
| | Facilities: |  Visa/Mastercard/Switch accepted
 Public house/Inn
 Dogs/pets accepted by arrangement
 Vegetarian diet available
 Cots available
 Central heating
 Real log/coal fires
 High chairs available
 Evening meals
 Snooker/billiards/pool onsite
 Restaurant open to non-residents
 Children welcome
 Regular entertainment
 WiFi or internet access
 Private parking
 Telephone
 Colour television
 Tea/coffee making in bedrooms
 Television available
 Packed lunches provided
 Special diets available
 Lounge for residents' use
 Games room onsite
 Golf available (onsite or nearby)
 Snacks/afternoon tea
 Children's outdoor play area
| | Directions: | From the south
Leave the M6 at junction 36 and follow the A590 signs for Barrow. Around 15 miles from the motorway, you’ll take a right hand turn at Greenodd following signs for Workington and Whitehaven and the A5092 (A595). Carry on along this picturesque road for around 11 miles to the traffic lights at Duddon Bridge, then turn right following the signs for Ulpha and Seathwaite.
The roads will start to get narrower for 3.5 miles, then turn left for Eskdale and Whitehaven, just 300 yards after the mini Post Office. Head up the ‘short, sharp, shock’ hill and continue over the hills for 6.5 miles. When you reach the King George IV pub, turn right, signed Boot and Eskdale. Follow the road for another 3 miles and the Woolpack will welcome you on your left.
From the north
Leave the M6 at junction 40 and follow the A66 signs for Keswick and then Cockermouth (about 30 miles). You’ll come to a large roundabout at Cockermouth (next to the Shepherd’s Hotel/Sheep & Wool Centre – take the first exit signed A5086 Egremont and continue along this road for 14.8 miles until you reach a roundabout at Egremont.
Take the first exit, signed A595 Barrow, then go ‘straight on’ at the next 3 roundabouts. After 10.5 miles, you’ll come to a petrol station on your right (last petrol before us). Turn left just after the petrol station, following the signs to Santon Bridge and Eskdale Green. At this point the road gets narrower.
Continue along this road for 1.6 miles, and turn right (signed Eskdale Green), then at the end of this road (1.8 miles), turn right and pass through Eskdale Green, then turn left at the King George IV pub signed Boot and Eskdale. Follow the road for another 3 miles and the Woolpack will welcome you on your left.
| | Weblink: | http://www.woolpack.co.uk |
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