3 neighbourhoods·11 cafés·last updated May 2026
Farrer's has roasted here since 1819 and still runs its Stricklandgate coffee house. Podda & Wren roast their own in Elephant Yard; Rinscoffee operates from a food park down the road in Burneside.
Our top picks4 picks
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Burneside
“The roastery in Burneside's food park whose Casa blend cancelled two specialty subscriptions.”
Rinscoffee roasts in a food park on the edge of Kendal. The filter coffee is good enough that coffee-literate regulars have cancelled their specialty subscriptions to order exclusively here instead.
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Kendal
A working roastery that supplies the region and teaches the craft from Elephant Yard.
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Kendal
Dark Woods Coffee on the bar, surrounded by people who came for the sourdough.
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Staveley
A working roastery in Staveley, which is more than most Lake District stops can say.
3 villages
Farrer's has roasted in Kendal since 1819 and still runs its Stricklandgate coffee house; Podda & Wren teach the craft from Elephant Yard. The town supplies cafes across the Lake District.
Dark Woods Coffee on the bar, surrounded by people who came for the sourdough.
Trading coffee since 1819, and the staff still know what they're selling.
Darkwoods on espresso in a food-first room that takes the coffee seriously anyway.
A South African kitchen that picked the right local roaster.
Duffins roasts on-site in Staveley, a small Lakeland village just off the Lakes corridor. One stop worth the detour; the roastery is behind the counter.
A working roastery in a food park just outside Kendal, Rinscoffee pours its own award-winning Casa blend and rotating filter.
Farrer's has roasted here since 1819 and still runs its Stricklandgate coffee house. Podda & Wren roast their own in Elephant Yard; Rinscoffee operates from a food park down the road in Burneside.
Last updated May 2026
Burneside
Rinscoffee roasts in a food park on the edge of Kendal. The filter coffee is good enough that coffee-literate regulars have cancelled their specialty subscriptions to order exclusively here instead.
Kendal
Podda & Wren roast on-site in Elephant Yard, and the flat white you order here is the source product before it heads out to the rest of the Lakes.