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.
Christmas at Another Place
Ice-skating, champagne tasting, lake dips, stories around the tree, a brass band playing carols and Father Christmas in the library. Our four-day Christmas house party will be a great way to round of the year. Here’s the full itinerary.
From midday
Leave your luggage with our front desk team and it will be in your room waiting for you.
Mulled wine and mulled apple juice and mince pies in the library.
Afternoon ice-skating session from 2pm-4pm
Check in from 3pm
Kids' Zone session - 2pm-4pm
For children aged 3 to 12 years, with Claire's Cool Creatures from 3pm.
Champagne tasting in The Living Space - 3pm-5pm
Kids' Zone session from 4pm-5pm
For children aged 6 months to 12 years
Evening ice-skating session from 5pm-7pm
Live music in The Living Space - 8pm-10.30pm
With Fiona in the Lakes
Stargazing swim
At 7.30pm, meet in the sheep shed. Email to book.
Restaurants
Midday - 3pm Lunch in the Living Space
4.45pm - 5.30pm - Kids' early supper in The Living Space
6pm - 8.30pm - Dinner in The Living Space
6pm - 8.30pm - Dinner in Rampsbeck restaurant
Breakfast in Rampsbeck Restaurant from 7.30am to 10am
Ice-skating sessions from 12pm-6pm
Little Chefs Pizza School from 11am-1pm
Children can make their own lunch in the Glasshouse. Parents can join them from 1pm.
Afternoon ice-skating session
Penrith town band and carol singers - 4pm-5.30pm
Send Santa and Rudolph on their way 5.45pm
With reindeer dust and jingle bells from the town band
Storytime around the fire - 6.15pm
Christmas movie in Kids' Zone - 7pm-9pm
Restaurants
Midday - 3pm - Lunch in The Living Space
4.45pm - 5.30pm - Kids' early supper in The Living Space
6pm - 8.30pm - Dinner in The Living Space or Rampsbeck restaurant
Happy Christmas!
Breakfast in Rampsbeck Restaurant from 7.30am to 10am
A visit from Father Christmas - 10.30am
Don't forget to send our elves an email before Christmas Day with a wish list for Santa!
Food and drink
12pm - 3pm - Christmas Day lunch in Rampsbeck and The Living Space
6pm - 8pm - Christmas Day buffet in Rampsbeck
Pool opening hours are 8am until 8pm
Breakfast in Rampsbeck Restaurant from 7.30am to 10am
Boxing day dip with Colin Hill - 8.30am
Ullswater Steamer trip - 10am
Kids' Zone session - 10am-12pm
On board the Ullswater Steamer
Afternoon ice-skating sessions - 2pm-6pm
Kids' Zone session - 4pm-5pm
For children aged 6 months to 5 years
Music in The Living Space
8pm-10.30pm - Live music with Ryan Davidson
Kids' Zone boxing day party - 6.30pm-9pm
Restaurants
Midday - 3pm Lunch in the Living Space
4.45pm - 5.15pm - Kids' early supper in The Living Space
6pm - 8.30pm - Dinner in The Living Space
6pm - 8.30pm - Dinner in Rampsbeck restaurant
Pool opening hours are 8am until 8pm
Breakfast in Rampsbeck Restaurant from 7.30am to 10am
Kids' Zone session - 9am - 11am
Check out - 11am
Ice-skating sessions - 10am-8pm
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.