COCKERMOUTH.

An interesting freehouse with its own brewery, visible from your seat through a glass screen/door/shop window. On the walls of the brewery are chalk boards which describe the brewing process. The landlord is also willing to talk about the brewing process - over a tasting of course. The decor is old world with sports equipment stuck to one of the corner walls. On the others are old Cockermouth pictures and beer mats under glass. There is a small real fire by the entrance which stops the cold creeping in, padded benches/wooden tables and chairs. Three guest ales were on at the time, Holt Bitter, Derwent Mutineer and Jennings Bitter, plus one from the Bitter End brewery. Food (served lunch and eves until 8.30) was all under £5, 2 veggie choices, one not on and the other suffuse with garlic - yuk! but that's just my opinion. Other than that, the food was good wholesome fayre, filling and plentiful, if a little limited in choice. Children are welcome at meal times only. The three rooms all have different characters and themes and the use of intimate lighting aids intimacy. In one there is a ceiling dome. Music is piped and contemporary. Toilets are fine, one step for the disabled, no disabled toilet. Not always open as we found out on a Monday lunchtime. A bench outside doubles as the beer garden. No accommodation here.

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(Limited)				11.30-2.30 (3 Sat); 5.30-11	12-3; 7-10.30	View

This is a Jennings pub in a Jennings town (it's brewed about 200 yards from here). As such is serves a good selection of Jennings beers, but also a couple of guest ales. On this occasion they were Coach House Innkeepers and Cottage Rocket Ale. There are two real fires, one front one back. The back room is cosy with a small wooden bar but a large fireplace in a stone surround. There's a fruit machine and lots of jugs on a shelf round the room. A ceiling fan keeps the cool in summer. This is really a split level pub with the toilets outside and up two steps (not good for the disabled). The front room has two areas, to the right is the bar area with a few small tables and stools plus bench seats. To the left is an alcove area with real fire and largr tables with comfy seating. It can get a little dark in the pub, but more than made up for by the beer quality (though requests for sparkler removal and top up were met with quizical looks). There is piped music but it's not too intrusive. Decour throughout is Laura Ashley/Liberty style. Food is served and is cheap (£5.25 most expensive) though nothing for vegetarians. Sunday roast £3.75, kids menu. Naughty after hours drinking for locals too!! No accommodation here.

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				11-11	12-10.30	View

Initially looking like a 'ripping yarn' pub, once you've had a couple of beers it grows on you. A gas fire greets you as do brown velour benches, skinny round wooden tables and chairs/stools. On the walls are old maps and pub mirrors, spot the obvious mistake? It had one real ale on - Jennings Bitter, but lots of whiskies. Situated just up the hill from the Bitter End pub, it has an 'L' Shaped wooden bar straight out of a country pub. The single room has two areas; the first by the door is long and thin and there is a dartboard (other pub games available). The second area is beyond the bar and it was in the dark when we arrived. Quiet during early week - eerily so. Access for the disabled is very limited. No music here. No accommodation.

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				11.30-3; 7.15-11	12-2; 7-10.30	View

Other Pubs.

The Black Bull, 17 Main St. 01900 824071

The Brown Cow, 37 Main St, 01900 823174.

The Huntsman, 43 Main St, 01900 826560.

The Kingfisher Inn, 14 Crown St, 01900 823449.

The Ship Inn, 14 Market Place, 01900 823091.

Tithebarn Hotel, 41 Station St, 01900 822179.

Other Accommodation.

Manor House Hotel (formerly The Grecian Villa)'
Crown St, Cockermouth. 01900 828663

Trout Hotel'
Crown St, Cockermouth, CA13 0EJ. 01900 823591
E-mail: enquiries@trouthotel.co.uk 

Tourist Information Centre'
Town Hall, Market St, Cockermouth,CA13 9NP.
01900 822634.

Castlegate Guest House, 6 Castlegate, 01900 826749

Croft House Guest House, 8 Challoner St, 01900 822532

Rose Cottage, Lorton Rd, 01900 822189

The Old Vicarage, Lorton Rd, 01900 828505