Strickland Arms

What a great place to stay! Staff were so friendly and welcoming. Fantastic choice of real ales. Extensive menu and excellent food. Highly recommend the pies. There's also great access to nearby Ullswater. Would recommend a stay here while exploring the Lake District.

Booked this place for 2 nights as we were attending a wedding arrived at 3.30 to a place that looked like it had shut down windows were dirty and there was weeds everywhere car park was uneven and also had weeds everywhere looked at where the yurts were and everything including plant pots were full of weeds I phoned the telephone number numerous times to get no answer my sister also phoned she got to leave a voicemail and left a message we realised we could not get into rooms till 5 but with it being a pub thought we could at least get into premises we had also sent 2 emails on the Sunday before our arrival and had no answer so we thought the place had shut down going by the neglected look of the place so we decided we would need to look for alternative accommodation as we had wedding to get ready for the next day sister got phone call at 10pm from them that night but as she was already in bed did not hear it when we got back from wedding that night she had received 2 emails from Strickland second one stating that if we had not paid the balance of £200 within 3 days they were taking it to the court my sister was very upset so we have paid it so in total we have paid them £400 for nothing think they need to look at there customer service as it is appalling the same as the outside of there pub WOULD AVOIDE THIS PLACE LIKE THE PLAQUE

Great room in the pub, fabulous staff, I had the best steak pie ever, and I’ve been a chef for 52 years. Service was superb, the owners could not have been more helpful, the breakfast was great which is unusual these days . We had just driven up from Cornwall for 9 hours with a very tired driver, wife and puppy but got delayed due to traffic etc, but got the best reception ever. We will be back.