Northern Area's Christmas Lunch and Winter Walk

NORTHERN AREAS

CHRISTMAS LUNCH AND WINTER WALK

TUESDAY 8th DECEMBER 2026,12.30pm for 1.00pm

GILPIN BRIDGE INN AND SIZERGH CASTLE

It is proposed this year to hold the joint Northern Areas/Shamrock Trust Christmas Lunch at the Gilpin Bridge Inn and to follow it up with the illuminated winter walk at Sizergh Castle.

CHRISTMAS LUNCH

GILPIN BRIDGE INN, BRIDGE END, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8EP

Cost to include PayPal charges and gratuities;

2 course meal £43 pp

3 course meal £48 pp

MENU

STARTERS

Soup of the Day with Homemade Butter and Petit Pain

Duck Bon Bon with Dressed Leaves and Hoi Sin Sauce.

Garlic Mushrooms with Garlic Bread and Dressed Leaves

Pate with Red Onion Chutney , Ciabatta and Dressed Leaves

Prawn Cocktail with Brown Bread, Iceberg Lettuce and Marie Rose Sauce.

MAINS

Roast Turkey/Beef with Mash and Roast Potatoes, Roasted Vegetables, Sage and Onion Stuffing, Pigs in Blanket and Yorkshire Pudding

Poached Salmon Fillet with Fresh Vegetables and Soft Noodles in an Aromatic Broth.

Mushroom Stroganoff with Roast Chestnuts with Cranberries, and Button Mushrooms, served with Rice and Garlic Bread.

SWEET TREATS

Bailey's Cheesecake served with Pouring Cream

Christmas Pudding Slice served with Brandy Sauce

Black Forest Trifle.

Please complete a booking form for each person in your party. Make sure you indicate any special dietary requirements in the relevant box or write 'none'

WINTER WALK SIZERGH CASTLE

Please book yourselves in for the walk. This can be done on the National Trust Sizergh Castle website. Book yourselves in on the 4.00pm to 4.30pm slot. At the time of writing this there are plenty of spaces available. There is a café at Sizergh so you may consider booking two courses at the Gilpin Bridge and having something sweet and a coffee at Sizergh.

Any queries please contact Dot on r.bullough375@btinternet.com.