Grab your provisions

and start your adventures!

Welcome to Basecamp North Lakes, our Farm shop, cafe and activity site set in 155 acres with it’s own lake!

A gateway to the Northern Lake District, delicious in house baking and championing sustainability, low food miles and innovative rural enterprise. We are also home to world famous Alpacaly Ever After’s award winning Social Enterprise and their herd of  over 200 alpacas & llamas!

Shop Provisions

The Mess Hall

9am - 4:30pm

Delicious breakfast & lunch menu made with as many locally sourced ingredients as we can get our hands on. Pies, pastries and cakes all made by our in-house experts right here at Basecamp!

We also stock other local delights including amazing vegan cakes from Cumbrian Baker!

Our signature sandwich rolls and toastie bread are also locally made by the skilled bakers at The Lingholm Kitchen, just 10 miles from Basecamp North Lakes.

Provisions

9am - 5pm

Come and sample all of our amazing local produce! Such as:

  • Wild & Fruitful – Jams, marmalades, chutneys, sauces, honey & peanut butter made 10 miles from Basecamp!
  • Lakeland Mues – Delicious range of muesli made 17 miles from Basecamp!
  • The Lingholm Kitchen – Freshly made bread 10 miles from Basecamp!
  • Shaw Meats – 26 miles from Basecamp!
  • Will Benson Meat – 33 miles from Basecamp!
  • Red Bank Coffe Roasters – Kendal Coffee Roasters 34 miles from Basecamp!
  • Lakes Free Range Egg Company – 5 miles from Basecamp!
  • Wintertarn Dairy Butter – Handmade quality butter 20 miles from Basecamp!
  • Torpenhow Dairy – Organic cheeses made 22 miles from Basecamp!
  • Appleby creamery – Award winning cheeses 21 miles from Basecamp!
  • The Lakes Brew Co. – Innovative and progressive craft beers, 33 miles from Basecamp!
  • Silver & Green – Premium Mediterranean delicacies supplied 4 miles from Basecamp!

Special Offers!

Meat for the Week!

Fill your fridge for just £38 with our amazing new autumn offer! SAVE 20% on locally sourced, top quality meat from our master butcher!

Order now for collection or delivery to Keswick (& villages directly off the A66 between Basecamp & Keswick) on Mondays & Thursdays.

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Activities by
Alpacaly Ever After

We’re home to the world famous Alpacaly Ever After, an award winning Social Enterprise that rescue and rehome alpacas and llamas from all across the UK.

Voted Trip Advisor’s Travellers Choice Best of the Best for 2021, Alpacaly Ever After offer activities to come and Meet The Alpacas and take part in feeding time, or in the spring and summer months you can even take them for a walk around the lake surrounded by the stunning views of the Northern Lake District.

Just follow the link below for more info!

Booking Essential

Meet The Alpacas

This activity is available Friday to Monday at 10:15am – all ages welcome. Hand feed our lovely herd, take as many photographs as you like and have all your alpaca questions answered surrounded by the stunning views of the Northern Lake District

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Walk with Alpacas

This activity is available during the spring and summer months at Basecamp. Private and Mixed Group Walks available lasting 1.5hrs. Trail along the shore of our very own lake, surrounded by the stunning views of the Northern Lake District with some of our delightful alpacas!

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Contact Alpacaly Ever After

If you would like to speak to one of the team at Alpacaly please get in touch –

[email protected]

017687 78328