{"id":42,"date":"2020-03-11T14:29:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T14:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldlh.cottage-search.com\/blog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2021-02-24T10:12:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T10:12:14","slug":"brigsteer-south-cumbria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/brigsteer-south-cumbria\/","title":{"rendered":"Brigsteer, South Cumbria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brigsteer is a fantastic little village, in the South Lakes near to Levens and 20 minutes drive from Kendal. You&#8217;ll whizz by it on the A590 on your way west toward Ulverston, Newby Bridge or Barrow. It&#8217;s also on the Bay Cycle Way &#8211; the 80+ mile stretch from Barrow to Lancaster and a good place for a stop off.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a gorgeous little village with one of the best pubs in the area &#8211; the Wheatsheaf, which is dog friendly, bike friendly, boots friendly and serves delicious home-made food and some fabulous beers and wines. Over the road is Brigsteer Village Hall which hosts all kinds of events and activities.<\/p>\n<p>Dominated by 3 &#8216;scars&#8217; &#8211; Scout Scar, Cunswick Scar and Whitbarrow Scar, the village clings to the side of the Lythe Valley &#8211; another beautiful hidden gem, home to rolling landscapes, damsons and fruit.<\/p>\n<p>More fantastic pubs abound here &#8211; the Punch Bowl, the Black Labrador, and further out toward the Bowness Road &#8211; The Brown Horse at Winster, the Lythe Valley Hotel, and the Damson Dene hotel. You&#8217;re 20 minutes drive from the centre of Bowness, Windermere &amp; Kendal.<\/p>\n<p>Base yourself in Brigsteer and you&#8217;ll have loads of ideas to try for walking, cycling and eating and drinking opportunities!<\/p>\n<p>The pod has a small kitchen, bathroom, bed and sofa &#8211; think hobbit hole with a view&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Brigsteer-pod-2.jpg\" alt=\"Brigsteer Pod 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Brigsteer-Pod-3.jpg\" alt=\"Brigsteer Pod 3\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Brigsteer-Pod-4.jpg\" alt=\"Brigsteer Pod 4\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our pod is in the grounds of Willow Tree Barn, with far reaching views right across the valley, and on the Brigsteer Causeway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brigsteer is a fantastic little village, in the South Lakes near to Levens and 20 minutes drive from Kendal. You&#8217;ll whizz by it on the A590 on your way west toward Ulverston, Newby Bridge or Barrow. It&#8217;s also on the Bay Cycle Way &#8211; the 80+ mile stretch from Barrow to Lancaster and a good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attractions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}