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Kirkstone Pass Inn, Kirkstone Pass

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Operator: Supreme Estates Limited
Kirkstone Pass, LA22 9LQ (View on Google Map)
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This Pub is Closed Long Term

Situated within the Lake District National Park Planning Authority area, the Inn was closed in July 2021, and sold June 2022 to a Manchster-based developer. It's locally suggested that the entire building is to be converted into three holiday lets or a single AirBnB, but planning permission has not been applied for (as at 19 March 2025).

The building has been pebble-dashed, and there are reorts that the bar has been gutted of all fixtures and fittings.

The large car park outside the inn is part of the property rights; the owner (Supreme Escapes) is believed to intend to close it to the public once the lease to the Lake District National Park Authority ends in the next year or so.

Cumbria's highest pub and currently the second highest in Britain. If you arrive on foot over the hills or by bike (especially via the aptly named Struggle) you'll certainly feel that you've earned a pint. Built from 1496 it has an atmospheric interior including a photo taken in the infamously brutal winter of 1963 showing two men standing next to a snowdrift higher than their heads. The view from the outside tables is one of the best in the Lakes. En-suite rooms in the pub and bunkhouse adjacent.

Information for this venue is provided by the Westmorland (Solway Sub Branch) Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Last updated
18/06/2025
Last surveyed
02/09/2023
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Kirkpass Estates Limited
Pub ID
KEN/979
Asset of Community Value
Opening Times Unavailable

Current beers

This Pub serves 3 changing beers (Cumbria beers) and 0 regular beers.

Source: National


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Facilities
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Large free car park (see coment in the description)
Features
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Eden, Derwent, Kirkstone, Tirril
Transport
Close to bus routes
517

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