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The Apple Pie Café
Cumbria, Ambleside - Café with rooms
Ambleside has got fairly pricey these days but this warm jumble of a bakery out front and a café out back is a delight, earning and repaying local loyalty with warm service. Pop in for full-English breakfasts, sandwiches, pies (perhaps chicken, leek and bacon) and sausage rolls, or just a cup of tea and a slice of cake – try the Lakeland gingerbread or the signature apple pie. Dog- and child- friendly. Accommodation in 'the loft' upstairs and in a nearby B&B.
VENUE DETAILS
Rydal Road
Ambleside
Cumbria
LA22 9AN
015394 33679
OTHER INFORMATION
Wheelchair access, Family friendly, Dog friendly
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