Buy local

Cumbria has an abundance of local flavours and traditions.  cumberland-sausage-s
Taste or experience these in local restaurants or shops.
You can help the local economy, help conserve our heritage
and experience the real Lakeland life.

Food & Drink

Traditional local foods include:  stickytoffeepudding-s-w

  • Cumberland sausage
  • Kendal mint cake
  • Grasmere gingerbread
  • Damson gin
  • Cartmel sticky toffee pudding
Also look out for our fabulous locally brewed bitterendpint-small
ales from the following breweries:
  • Bitter End Brewery
  • Coniston Brewery
  • Dent Brewery
  • Foxfield Brewery
  • Great Gable Brewing Co.jennings_cumb_glass-s
  • Hawkshead Brewery
  • Keswick Brewery
  • Yates Brewery
  • Jennings Brewery

Arts & Crafts

Traditional hand-made crafts can make a walking-sticks-small
lovely souvenir or a gift to take home.
Help preserve our local crafts and traditions.
Look out for Cumbrian craft specialties, such as:

  • Slate produce and art work 
  • Rugs and woollen goods
  • Wood craftsmanship and furniture
  • Ceramics and pottery
 

River Mill, Staveley Mill Yard, Staveley, Cumbria LA8 9LR     T. 01539 822622    E. info@nurturelakeland.org  contact us >

Nurture Lakeland is a part of Nurture Cumbria, a charity registered in England and Wales with the charity number 1130453 and company number 3317259

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