Celebrating the world’s premiere preserving festival we have created the ultimate orange cocktail – the marmalade martini, in honour of the Dalemain Marmalade Awards. Here’s our recipe.
New Year at Another Place
From festive menus and wine tasting to a fire garden in the grounds, smores around the fire pit and the New Year’s Day festive swim in the lake, our three-day New Year house party will be a great round off to the 2023. Here’s the full itinerary.
New Year Itinerary
From midday
Leave your luggage with our front desk team and it will be in your room waiting for you.
Family activity in The Living Space - 2pm - 4pm
Craft making with Lana, turning textiles into landscapes
Festive drinks and mince pies from 3pm
Check-in
Mulled wine and mulled apple juice, mince pies and festive brownies in the library.
Live music in the Library from 6.30pm
With Kyle Newrick
Science Booth from 6.30pm in Kids' Zone
Experiments in Kids' Zone
Stargazing swim at 7.30pm
Meet in the sheep shed for a stargazing swim, pre-booking is essential, £40 a session, email to book.
Restaurants
Midday - 3pm Lunch in the Living Space
2pm - 4pm - Lunch in the Glasshouse
5pm - 9pm - Three course dinner in the Glasshouse
4.30pm - 5.15pm - Kids' early supper in The Living Space
6pm - 8.30pm - Dinner in The Living Space
6pm - 8.30pm - Dinner in Rampsbeck restaurant
Ullswater Steamer trip
9.45am - 12.30pm - Bar onboard serving hot and cold drinks and Kids' Zone activities.
If bringing dogs onboard, please arrange for your own transport to the Pooley Bridge jetty.
Gin tasting from 2pm - 4pm
Drop in sessions with Chestnut House in the Glasshouse
Kids' Zone disco from 6.30pm - 9pm
New year's eve disco in Kids' Zone
Champagne waterfall from 5.30pm
with Laurent Perrier
The Living Space
Dancing and DJ from 8pm until 12.30am
11.45pm - Festive drinks on The Living Space terrace (pre-order your drinks ahead of the countdown)
Fireworks at midnight
Restaurants
Midday - 3pm - Lunch in The Living Space
4.30pm - 5.15pm - Kids' early supper in The Living Space
6pm - 8.30pm - Dinner in The Living Space or Rampsbeck restaurant
Pool opening hours are 7am until 7pm
Happy New Year!
8am to 11am – Breakfast in Rampsbeck Restaurant
Activities
New Year’s Day dip in the lake with Colin Hill - 8.30am
Rafted canoe, archery or SUP - 9am - 3.30pm
An activity of your choice to book
Kids' Zone
Little Chefs Pizza School in the Glasshouse - 1.30pm - 4pm
Games night - 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Music
Fiona in the lakes - 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Food & drink
Midday to 3pm - The Living Space lunch menu
Dinner from 6pm in Rampsbeck restaurant or The Living Space
Breakfast from 7.30am
Kids' Zone session - 9am - 11am
Check out - 11am
From the blog
Beef shin is a perfect cut of meat for this inexpensive, delicious winter stew. It cooks slowly and is so tender that it falls apart as you eat it.
Easy to make chocolate cake for the run up to Christmas, a warming cosy recipe from Helen Rebanks' new book The Farmer's Wife.