Cartmel village square with the priory tower behind

Lake District

Cartmel

A priory village that eats extraordinarily well.

Cartmel is small enough to walk across in four minutes and significant enough to plan a whole weekend around. A twelfth-century priory, a racecourse in the middle of the village, and a concentration of cooking talent that is genuinely unusual outside a city.

Our Cartmel houses are made for eating, walking and doing very little else.

Where to stay in Cartmel

Restaurants

  • Two celebrated tasting-menu kitchens in the village
  • A relaxed bistro for the day after

Pubs

  • A village inn with a courtyard for summer
  • A country pub two miles out

Walks

  • Hampsfell and the hospice for the estuary view
  • The Cistercian Way towards the sands

Things to do

  • Race days in the village
  • Sticky toffee pudding, obviously
  • Morecambe Bay cross-sands walks with a guide

Signature recommendations

  • Reserve the village's best table before you confirm your dates
  • Walk Hampsfell on the morning you leave