The Woolpack Inn, Boot - pub details
Address: Boot, Holmrook, Cumbria, CA19 1TH [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 25600)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
Pub suggested by George Fuller on 14 Aug 2005
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> Current user rating: 7.4/10 (rated by 13 users)
> Local guide: Cumbria pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Boot Inn, Eskdale (0.9 miles), Brook House Inn, Boot (0.9 miles)
user reviews of the Woolpack Inn, Boot
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| This rates as one of my favourite pubs in England, why?.......1st class beers, good food, good service and a warm friendly welcome.A good place to look forward too after a long day on the fells. Myskolive - 5 Nov 2008 16:37 |
| Excellent. I sat outside at the end of July and watched the housemartins wheel and dive above me, and the cloud gather and disappear from the top of Harter Fell. My food was very good, and the beer, brewed in the pub, was perfect. A few days earlier I'd had a very pleasant last orders on Friday and was made very welcome by the owners. This is a truely individual place, and in a magnificent part of the world. harry_newton - 13 Aug 2008 01:08 |
| After an tiny and expensive meal in a huge empty dining room, I had a chat with the owner to find out what he was up to. He is completely deluded. He thinks you have to do fancy food to get people to travel further than the two (excellent) pubs a mile down the road in Boot. The thing is, nobody will travel any distance for the bizarre food he's offering (and cooking). He was too busy protesting about how wonderful his ideas are to listen to any feedback. What a waste of a fantastic location. Hopefully somebody competent will take it over soon. The one beer that was on was good though. billpollard - 27 Jun 2008 00:11 |
| We visited this place on a Friday lunchtime and there was just one other drinker. The beer brewed out the back is delicious, light and hoppy. But how do they keep going? The landlord was frankly sinister and the new barman from eastern Europe needed training on how to pull a pint - which he clearly wasn't going to get from the landlord. Our meals were VERY expensive for what they were, and we told them so (avoid the vege option and the ham lunch which are both tasty but spartan). There was no pleasant atmosphere, welcome, or comfort. This pub should be so good, but it isn't. GrahamH - 27 Sep 2007 18:29 |
| The beer is the thing here. On my visit there were three beers brewed in the attached micro-brewery, another from Loweswater, a cider and, perhaps, another beer. The 5.6 percent (and strongest) local beer was delicious and the 3.6 bitter good. I sat outside on a sunny Sunday afternoon when traffic along the Wrynose-Hardnott road was minimal and the location seemed idyllic. I could imagine making this the goal of a cycle trip (and the classic 17 mile Eskdale skyline starts only a mile away). Inside is, however, very sparse and thus I hope they do something imaginative on cold winter evenings. drtimthornton - 18 Jun 2007 11:03 |
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