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Cumbrian breweries have won prestigious North West awards. This year’s SIBA North West Independent Beer Awards celebrates the best independent breweries in the region and it has just revealed the winners of its bottle and can categories. The winning bottled and canned beers will now go forward to fight it out with the best from…

An English indie-rock band has teamed up with a Lake District coffee roaster as they kick off their international tour. London-based post-punk rockers White Lies, who have over a million monthly listeners on Spotify, have been selling coffee by Duffin’s Coffee in Staveley as fan merchandise on the recent UK leg of the 2025-26 tour…

Cumbrian restaurants have been named among the best in the UK by a prestigious guide.

The reopening of the Lake District’s Sharrow Bay hotel has moved a step closer.

A Cumbrian bakery has been named among the best in Britain.

An Indian whisky experience will be held at a Lake District restaurant in the new year. India Unbound will be held at Ivy House in Braithwaite, near Keswick, on January 23. Curated by Single Malt Amateur Club India — one of India’s most respected whisky collectives — the showcase is an opportunity to explore the…

A Cumbrian restaurant has been named the best in the UK and among the second best in the world. Simon Rogan’s three Michelin star L’Enclume in Cartmel was handed the accolades by La Liste, which rates the top 1,000 restaurants globally. It is the second time L’Enclume has been rated as top in the UK…

A Lake District chef has won a prestigious national award. Jack Bond, co-owner of the Michelin-starred The Cottage in the Wood at Whinlatter, near Keswick, has been named Hotel Restaurant Chef of the Year at the 2025 Hotel Catey Awards. More than 750 of the hotel industry’s leading figures gathered at the Park Plaza Westminster…

Owners of Sedbergh’s Black Bull are celebrating after winning a prestigious award. The Black Bull was handed the Good Hotel Guide Editor’s Choice Award for Best Hotels for Foodies 2026. First published in 1978, the Good Hotel Guide has grown to become the leading independent guide to hotels in Great Britain, Ireland, continental Europe and the…