Pub of the Season

Westmorland Branch

PUB OF THE SEASON – SPRING 2010

The Orange Tree

Kirkby Lonsdale 

The Orange Tree Hotel, Kirkby Lonsdale.

The  Westmorland Branch has voted the Orange Tree Hotel in Kirkby Lonsdale as the Westmorland Pub of the Season for Spring 2010.

In 1996 the Hotel was taken over by Stuart Taylor, Richard Taylor and their sister Kate Riddings.  The hotel has been steadily and successfully developed into one of the formostt real ale outlets in Kirby Lonsdale. The pub area consists of one main bar which is full of rugby memorabilia and many other items of ephemera.  There are six hand pumps on display of which three sell ales form the pubs own brewery just up the road in the old Kiurby Lonsdale station site. The Brewery has been the subject of a Separate article in our Lakes and Ale magazine and please go to the L&A page to see edition number . Of the three other pumps one is a changing hand pull cider plus two changing ales.

Stuart & Richard at their Bar

 The latest beer developed by their brewery is the 5% wheat beer which has sold exceptionally well. The Pub opens 12 to 12 every day and serves extremely good value local food in the bar. Dogs are very welcome; the bar has a pool table and dart board. If you wish to take a break then the Hotel has 8 en-suite rooms plus a separate holiday cottage. More Pictures will be posted after the official presentation.

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