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Lake District and Cumbria - Accommodation and Food &
Drink
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The Belted Will Inn
Hallbankgate, Brampton, Cumbria CA8 2NJ
Tel: 016977 46236 Fax: 016977 46900
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The Belted Will Inn is a truly delightful
old hostelry run in fine style by Stephen and
Alyson Starkey. It is located at Hallbankgate on the
A689 Brampton-Alston road at the foot of the North Pennine Fells, on the edge of a designated Area
of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
It's equally appealing as a place to pop into for a drink, somewhere to enjoy a leisurely
meal cooked by talented chef Stephen, and a very comfortable, civilised base
for tourists. The range and quality of the real ales have earned the inn the
Solway branch of CAMRA's pub of the season winter 2006/7. Lovers of good
food can enjoy Stephen's cooking lunchtime and evening Monday to Friday and
all day Saturday and Sunday, and booking is recommended evenings and
weekends, especially in the summer high season. The menus combine snacks and
light meals (sandwiches, baguettes, salads, jacket potatoes) with classics such
as steaks, Cumberland sausage, lasagne, curries and chilli con carne with
daily specials typified by mango & brie pastry parcels, chicken korma, rack of BBQ ribs
and red pepper stuffed with onions, rice, mushrooms and farmhouse cheddar.
The dining area is available for private parties
and functions for up to 30 guests.
This is a very attractive corner of the county, and the inn's five comfortable
guest bedrooms provide a particularly appealing
base for discovering all the local sights.
Recently refurbished to a very high standard, they comprise two doubles, two twins and a
family room, all with en suite facilities, TV and
tea/coffee tray. The area caters for walkers, cyclists, anglers and golfers, and tourist
sites within easy reach include Hadrian's Wall
(free transport can be arranged), Birdoswald Roman Fort, Lanercost Priory, Talkin Tarn
Country Park and the Geltsdale RSPB Reserve. The
inn is named after Lord William Howard (1563-1640), who lived at nearby Naworth Castle.
His exploits against the marauding Scots were celebrated in Sir Walter Scott's
The Lay of the Last Minstrel, in which he refers to
Howard having a sword
`hung in a broad and studded belt:
hence, in rude phrase,
the Borderers still
Call'd noble Howard, `Belted Will'.
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