Dog-friendly pubs in Bassenthwaite

The village pub at The Rake in Bassenthwaite village, on the quiet side of the fells between Skiddaw and the lake and a couple of miles off the A591. Its own website states plainly that it is dog friendly, without setting out any areas that are off limits. It is the nearest pub to the Ullock Pike ridge and to the Sale Fell and Wythop paths, and one of the few places in the village to get a meal.

A two-hundred-year-old coaching inn in woodland at the foot of Sale Fell, and one of the more openly dog-minded inns in the north Lakes. Dogs sit in the designated areas of the pub and restaurant, where water bowls and treats are kept, and stay in the dog-friendly rooms; the classic doubles are not among them, so book carefully.