Shopping
Fantastic handmade chocolates and used by Primrose cottage as a small welcome gift to our customers.
11 locals recommend
Kennedys Fine Chocolates Ltd
Fantastic handmade chocolates and used by Primrose cottage as a small welcome gift to our customers.
Drinks & Nightlife
A friendly Inn and only a 4 minute walk from Primrose cottage. They serve lovely, home cooked and locally sourced food and come recommended by our guests (and us too !!)
6 locals recommend
Cross Keys Inn
A friendly Inn and only a 4 minute walk from Primrose cottage. They serve lovely, home cooked and locally sourced food and come recommended by our guests (and us too !!)
Run by a friendly local family the George is 2 miles from Primrose cottage and serve lovely, home cooked and locally sourced food. The pizzas are to die for and are home made on the premises.
10 locals recommend
The George Hotel
Front StreetRun by a friendly local family the George is 2 miles from Primrose cottage and serve lovely, home cooked and locally sourced food. The pizzas are to die for and are home made on the premises.
Food Scene
A lovely little cafe in a lovely small village and they sell amazing home made cakes that are delightful.
They also do lovely snacks and meals too.
6 locals recommend
Orton Scar Cafe
Orton RoadA lovely little cafe in a lovely small village and they sell amazing home made cakes that are delightful.
They also do lovely snacks and meals too.
Lovely fresh local produce.
Also they sell great home made breads and pastries.
Tebay Services Southbound Farm Shop (Westmorland)
Lovely fresh local produce.
Also they sell great home made breads and pastries.
Parks & Nature
Sunbiggin Tarn and Moors is at a dramatic isolated place along a minor road from Orton to Crosby Garrett / Soulby, with views of Wild Boar Fell, the Howgills and Great Asby Scar. A great place for a picnic, and a walk around the adjacent limestone pavement of Great Asby Scar.
It is an important site for its variety of wildlife and plantlife, and is designated an SSSI – a site of Special Scientific Interest.
Sunbiggin Tarn
Sunbiggin Tarn and Moors is at a dramatic isolated place along a minor road from Orton to Crosby Garrett / Soulby, with views of Wild Boar Fell, the Howgills and Great Asby Scar. A great place for a picnic, and a walk around the adjacent limestone pavement of Great Asby Scar.
It is an important site for its variety of wildlife and plantlife, and is designated an SSSI – a site of Special Scientific Interest.
This is the most extensive area of limestone pavements in the UK outside the Ingleborough area in Yorkshire. Most of the landscape is protected by both Site of Special Scientific Interest and candidate Special Area of Conservation designations because of its international importance.
Great Asby Scar National Nature Reserve
This is the most extensive area of limestone pavements in the UK outside the Ingleborough area in Yorkshire. Most of the landscape is protected by both Site of Special Scientific Interest and candidate Special Area of Conservation designations because of its international importance.