The Mardale Inn

Enjoy Spring
at The Mardale

We're open seven days a week during Spring 2024. Come and enjoy a a drink with friends, some great pub food or an overnight stay in one of our comfortable refurbished bedrooms.

Additional to our normal hours, we are open on May Bank Holidays from noon for drinks - the kitchen is open again at 5PM.

Click or scroll to 'What's Happening' for more details to get the full list of events.

Coming back to life!

After raising £400,000 to 'Save a Pub for the Valley', 'The Mardale Inn at St Patrick's Well' was purchased by over 500 members of Bampton Valley Community Pub in May 2022. The pub had been closed for 5 years and needed significant investment to secure its future.

As cash permitted, we reopened in a phased manner. We started with drinks only on July 1st 2022 and in late November 2022, with invaluable funding from The Prince's Countryside Fund, we reopened the kitchen.

Given amazing support from Inspiring Eden we refurbished all 6 of our bedrooms in 2023 (our Annex Bedrooms were updated in November 2023). Visit our new 'Sleep' page to learn more....

Come visit our refreshed pub, meet our friendly team, enjoy the best in local Cumbrian ales, keg beers, wine, gins and food - and now perhaps stay for a couple of days!

Help us bring the soul of this important Valley community hub to life!

Interior photos courtesy of Terry Abraham, Lake District Photographer, Film Maker - and Community Pub Member

Opening of Community Pub on July 1st 2022

Loweswater Gold beer battered fish & chips

Typical selection of real ales available

Visiting us

Our normal bar opening hours during Spring 2024 are:

Mon to Thurs - 4PM to 10PM
Fri & Sat - Noon to 11PM
Sun - Noon to 10PM

On Bank Holiday Mondays May 6th and 27th we will also be open for drinks from noon.

As a 'community hub', we host a number of events at different times (see below) and we also serve food 7 days a week.

We are a small pub so booking ahead for a meal is a good idea. Reservations are available at the following times (the kitchen closes 90 mins after the last booking time):

Mon to Sat Evening - 530PM to 8PM
Fri & Sat Lunch - Noon to 130PM
Sun - Noon to 230PM & 5PM to 7PM

Click on the icons below for sample menus. These items on these menus are updated regularly to reflect changing supplies and daily specials are also listed on the blackboard.

Evening Menu

Sunday Menu

Make a Reservation

Alternative parking areas slightly farther away include (we are a beautiful Valley for an evening stroll):

3 cars in the layby just along from Bampton School House heading towards Haweswater
4 cars by Bomby Green and the bridge to Bampton Grange
6 cars by Chapel Bridge (over Haweswater Beck)

Planning to visit us lunchtime on a Monday to Thursday? The pub is not open at that time but you may buy a coffee, sandwich or pasty etc up until 1PM from our friends at 'Bampton Valley Stores' 75m away from the pub.

Bampton is a small village of narrow lanes so we ask you to walk or cycle to visit us - or please park considerately in respect of our neighbours if coming by car. A number of recommended parking places are on the map here - which are only 100 to 200 metres walk away.