Discovering the beautiful estate of Mirehouse house and garden near Keswick in Cumbria. The estate and garden are dog friendly and there are several pushchair friendly paths.
Last June, we went to visit Mirehouse Estate, near Keswick. Unfortunately the Manoir house was closed due to Covid restrictions. I had been wanted to visit this place for quite a while since some of my colleagues had recommended it to me. As our puppy Skye was still very young and he couldn’t walk a lot so we thought that it was the perfect time to go visit this place. And we absolutely loved it. The parc and garden are amazing in spring time when all the flowers are blooming. We did the full circular walk around the Mirehouse estate that took us a bit more than 3 hours.
Mirehouse manoir was built in 1666 by the 8th Earl of Derby, who sold the house in 1668 to his agent Roger Gregg. The house stayed with the Gregg family up to 1802 when it became the property of John Spedding of Armathwaite Hall. Nowadays, the house is inhabited by several families with some parts of the house open to the public.
After this visit, we stopped for a late lunch at Wheatsheaf Inn restaurant in Embleton. This gastropub restaurant is very good. We have been twice now and have never been disappointed. We recommend you to try their olive tapenade and their cajun skin and blue cheese dip. They accept dogs in the terrasse.
Useful Information
- Website: https://www.mirehouse.co.uk/index.php
- Car park: Dodd Wood, CA12 4QE, https://www.forestryengland.uk/dodd-wood
- Car park fee: £7 for the day
- Fee for entrance to Mirehouse estate and the house. Open from 1st April to 31st October
- Dogs allowed in the estate ground and garden.
- Restaurant website: https://wheatsheaf-embleton.co.uk
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Lovely photos of a very pretty place to visit. The gardens are stunning aren’t they. And a nice place for a stroll with the dog. X
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Yes definitely worth a visit if you are in the area. They also have a great playground for children.
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If you don’t fancy paying the huge price to park at the tearooms in Dodd Wood, head along the A591 for no more than half a mile and there are parking spots on the right (near the split road that heads to Scarness). Then there are paths back to the tearooms through the woods (20mins walk). Mirehouse is a lovely spot though for an explore and if you can park where I suggest the tearooms is a good spot for a brew on the way back
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I didn’t know about this parking. Thanks for sharing, I wanted to go back to explore Dodd Wood this time. I will use this parking then ☺️.
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Thanks for sharing beautiful pics !
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Merci Maryfrance
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Well I thought I knew the Lake District pretty well but this is a new one for me! I’ve been up Dodd over the road and the Ullock Pike ridge and never knew the hall and garden were over the road.
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They are a bit hidden from the road so easy to miss.
I am happy that you discovered something new by reading this blog.
I need to do Ullock Pike 😉.
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I met a French family up there when I did the walk!!
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I was seduced into coming here by the mention of rhodies, Melodie, but I liked the Bassenthwaite walk too. Marcus looks super cute in his red suit xx
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Happy that you enjoyed both places. Thanks Jo 😊
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