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Lake District and Cumbria - Accommodation and Food &
Drink
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The Station Inn
Oxenholme, nr Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7RF
Tel: 01539 724094
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The Station Inn is a splendid Victorian hostelry
a five-minute walk from Oxenholme station and a 10-minute drive from Kendal. Business
partners Andrew Hipwell and David Hughes took over
the lease in August 2006, bringing almost 50 years
joint experience in the catering and hospitality business. They have quickly earned a wide and
growing reputation for serving high quality food and drink and providing excellent guest accommodation.
The inn is open all day, seven days a week, for drinks, which include
Black Sheep and Blond Witch real ales (it's CAMRA-listed) and a good choice
of foreign beers. Food is served in the carpeted bar and restaurant from 12 to
2 and 5.30 to 9 Monday to Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday. Dishes on the
printed menu and specials board put as much emphasis as possible on seasonal
local produce, and the choice really does offer plenty for all tastes and appetites, with
up to 60 dishes on the main menu. Perennial favourites include Caesar salad,
Cumberland sausage (very tasty, and even better with
a spiced apple sauce), Lakeland lamb Henry, breast of Cumberland chicken wrapped
in smoked bacon, battered haddock, scampi and steaks. Sandwiches, jacket potatoes,
burgers and salad platters are among the lighter alternatives, and Sunday brings three
splendid roasts. The children's menu is one of the
very best, teaching the little ones to appreciate
what good food is all about. The kitchen can cater for all sorts of special occasions,
including weddings and birthday parties.
This is excellent walking country, and for visitors with a love of the great outdoors
the Station Inn has five en suite letting
bedrooms, three on the ground floor, all with
television, hairdryer and tea/coffee making
facilities. Rooms are let on a B&B basis, and a
generous breakfast starts the day. Good food is not
the only treat for children: there's an adventure playground, with a bouncy castle on
Bank Holidays, in the large garden. As well as being
a top place for both food and accommodation, the Station Inn also has a thriving social
side. Darts teams play in the Milnthorpe &
District Darts League, and the dominoes players
are equally competitive.
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