Minstrels Gallery Tea Rooms, Hawkshead, Lake District

Minstrels Gallery

The tearoom is in the older part of Hawkshead. Formerly known as Crown and Mitre Cottage as it is believed to have been one of the many pubs in the village.

We are situated in Berkley Square which is next door to the Kings Arms pub on one side and the tiny Methodist chapel on the other side and also the Honeypot speciality shop close by.

We have a seating area outside in Berkley Square which is away from the road and a nice sun trap where you can sit, relax and people watch, plan your next walk or your route back!

Traditional Tea Room

We have a traditional style menu providing over 20 types of loose leaf teas served in teapots, Locally roasted Rinaldo’s speciality coffee, heartily filled sandwiches and toasties freshly made to order, quiches, soup, various scones available freshly made here by Jo.

We have a morning menu from which you can choose bacon or Cumberland sausage baps or a warming toasted teacake amongst other treats.

All our cakes are made here by Jo, some of the favourites with customers are; Victoria Sandwich, Lemon Drizzle, Vegan Sticky Ginger, Borrowdale Teabread and Gluten Free Plum, Blueberry and Cinnamon Cake.

Hawkshead History

In digging through the archives, we found a video depicting Hawkshead in 1962 - how times have changed, yet so familiar

Hawkshead 1962