Top 50 Best Pubs for the weekend - rated number 24

Times Newspaper - January 2011

Award - Cumbrian Inn of the Year

Good Hotel Guide 2010

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

Michelin Pub Guide 2009

Hot off the Press!

We've just been awarded the Cumbria Life

Dining Pub of the Year and our

Head Chef Scott Fairweather has been awarded

Young Chef of the Year 2013

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 Bath House toiletries. Our rates include complimentary afternoon tea. Come and experience our luxury Lake District hotel accommodation.