Watermillock, British, Traditional Restaurant Guide

Just a couple of miles from its stablemate, Askham Hall, which provides much of the produce for its kitchens – Charles Lowther’s charming Cumbrian pub (with 10 bedrooms) near the M6 reopened in mid-2023 following a year’s closure after a fire in June 2022. Previously one of the more commented-on destinations in this neck of the woods, fans have been “awaiting its return”.