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Join Nurture Lakeland and help us protect the Lake District and Cumbria
Go shopping!
We have a variety of green gifts that are a great way to show your friends and family that you are thinking about them while helping look after the landscape, wildlife and environment too!
Buy local
Cumbria has an abundance of local flavours and traditions. 
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: 
- Cumberland sausage
- Kendal mint cake
- Grasmere gingerbread
- Damson gin
- Cartmel sticky toffee pudding
ales from the following breweries:
- Bitter End Brewery
- Coniston Brewery
- Dent Brewery
- Foxfield Brewery
- Great Gable Brewing Co.
- Hawkshead Brewery
- Keswick Brewery
- Yates Brewery
- Jennings Brewery
The new "Taste District" for a good reason! Find out more on gorgeous local grub.
Arts & Crafts
Traditional hand-made crafts can make a 
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
Beautiful local crafts supplied and promoted by Made in Cumbria. Their website is useful for finding craft fairs too.
