Wow, this place is amazing. All the cheese to sniff and purchase. Next door they also offer a…read morerestaurant called Rind. We also visited there, as it is all attached. They offer artisan cheese inspired pizzas and food. All an absolute delight. They have amazing views also of the Yorkshire dales. You must visit.

This is my favorite place in the whole world. You literally point at a cheese and they lets you try…read moreit. What more could I ask for.

Cheese, cheese and more cheese! Every kind of cheese imaginable is available here in this wonderful…read moretemperature controlled shop in a beautiful village. In what looks like a newly built court yard with a bakery and a brewery this cheese shop really brings a modern touch to the village of Cartmel. We only found out about this shop after paying in the carpark and getting a little ticket from the machine that says see the noticeboard for this months offers with this voucher. Where's the noticeboard? Nowhere, but there is a man in the little ice cream hut in the car park who knows what the offers are. £1 off a £10 shop in the cheese shop. WHAT CHEESE SHOP? The hunt is on.... Found it.... and it's amazing!! I think the best thing about this shop (apart from it bring 14degree inside and a million degrees outside) are the little hand written tags on all the cheeses saying who made them - the actual name of the person not just the farm, where it is made, the type of cheese and what kind of rennet, so easy for a veggie to pick from. The man who served us, Harry, was very knowledgeable about all the cheeses and we listened to him serving other customers while we decided what to buy. There were many other customers! A lovely little busy shop. We eventually decided on the most local Cheese made 2 miles away called Saint John (a smelly cheese similar to stinking bishop), the best goats cheese i have ever tasted called Prospect, a Red Leicester and a smelly blue. We ate them all with a load of fresh bread from the bakehouse next door....

Maybe Cartmel is a really small village and very bad phone signal so I'm the 2nd reviewer after…read moreyears, it's really nice cheese shop I would recommend, offering sample to taste, so you can decide to buy the right one. Don't get frightened by the rated 3£ price, as cheese usually won't be cheap anywhere, it is quite reasonable compared to the ones in LONDON. BTW, cake there is tasty, it's a pity that we didn't buy more.

As a cheese lover, this was something of a pilgrimage for me, one of my most anticipated stops of…read moremy trip to the UK. The sample room offered up 20 samples of divine cheese; pure bliss for me. We then went to the Kit Calvert restaurant for lunch. It was crowded and service was a bit slow and disconnected, such as we had no salt and pepper on our table and were ever asked about drink refills. The food, however, was amazing. I went with the full Cheese Experience (3 courses) while my husband had two. We went with two different cheesy starters, both delectable. I had the chicken with smoked cheese. The breast was perfectly cooked in a lake of cheese sauce, with the rosti beneath it (like a thin hashbrown) added a nice crunch. For my dessert course, we shared the ginger cheesecake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Neither of us are cheesecake people but we declared this the best we have ever had. It wasn't as sweet as American cheesecakes, and had a pleasant cragginess with ginger warmth as a complement. The ice cream was also better than what you find most anywhere in America--fresh and creamy. What a glorious meal!

Touring England with family, a 10 minutes drive from the Stow House, where we stayed the night, is…read morethis great little creamery rich in history. Cafe, gift shop, toilets, and lots of parking. I recommend Wensleydale Smoked Cheddar or the pineapple :)

We already checked this place out on the Internet before going so it was just a matter of finding…read moreit. Just outside of town and only a small sign to let you know where to turn, this is somewhat of a hidden gem. The barn-like-store consists of a butcher shop, cheese shop, and bakery on the first floor with tables on the open second floor for dinning. All the tables are for two or four people only and they serve meals including delicious soups, sandwiches, scones, tea, and other good stuff. We shared a sandwich and went for some tea and scones. The staff was very friendly and took time to chat and joke. Small and out of the way, but overall a nice break in the afternoon if you are driving through.

A chocolate lovers heaven - every kind of chocolate and sweet you could ever imagine…read more This shop in the centre of keswick is a bit of a tourist trap (understandably) but it also has a regular following as it sells such lovely chocolate items. The mint thins are a favourite and are a good after dinner treat. It's quite expensive in here, but it's worth it for high quality chocolate. They have a counter service where you can build your own box of chocolates, or they have lots of pre-boxed stuff - both there brand and others. They also sell novelty items such as chocolate mice. Worth a look in if you are in Keswick - I challenge you to resist coming out with something!

For someone who hates shopping I have to admit this is a good shop. Chocolate for all tastes and…read morebudgets. The only problem I had were a couple of pig ignorant customers spluttering all ove rthe products, they should have been thrown out

Great grocery store with nicely presented foods. They even have a fresh squeezed orange juicer…read morewhere you can bottle your own juice. The deli had yummy soup and you can pay to park here and walk the couple of blocks to the downtown shopping stores people come to Keswick to see.

Nice big supermarket in centre of Keswick. Slightly more pricey than your standard supermarket. Not…read moremy favourite shop but hey ho. When that's all there is.

A great place for a relaxing cup of tea or coffee in the centre of Keswick. The homemade cakes are…read moredelicious and the food always fresh and served with healthy options, all very resonably priced too. There is a relaxing atmosphere upstairs, with leather sofas and wooden beams covering the ceilings. Beautiful artwork on the walls too. A lovely spot for lunch.

Just visited this cafe for the first time and had the best brownie. Great cakes and not too…read moreexpensive. They feature in A Taste of Cumbria and apparently have a restaurant as well.