The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel

The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel is the original Langdale Hotel. A family run hotel and bar.
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We are a unique Lake District Hotel located in the remote and unspoilt Langdale Valley. The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel is to be found in the magnificent setting of the Great Langdale Valley. It is the โ€˜originalโ€™ Dale Head Inn and right in the centre of the Lake District.

Congratulations to Bev Whelan Many of you liked the post, some of you shared, some commentedBev was one of the few that ...
14/06/2026

Congratulations to Bev Whelan
Many of you liked the post, some of you shared, some commented

Bev was one of the few that did it all, and she was the name drawn out of the hat.

Grab Linda Johnrose for your prize Bev.

Everyone else, keep your ๐Ÿ‘€ peeled, I have some free nights at the Old to give away soon ๐Ÿ˜

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ

Are you joining us? Friday 5th June is National Fish and chip day - personally every Friday is but ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

To celebrate the day, you could win a fish supper at the ODG

To enter simply: Follow us, share this post and comment "I love The ODG" below.

The lucky winner will be drawn at random on Saturday, June 13th. - yes I'm turning it into fish and chip week ๐Ÿ˜‚

Good luck

Proudly serving beer battered ๐ŸŸ and freshly, peeled, chipped and fried spuds ๐Ÿฅ” Eแด แด‡ส€ส Dแด€ส


๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โœ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚โ“Crispy BrieServed with damson chutneyConfit duck leg with gooseberries, potato gratin, roast...
14/06/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โœ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚โ“

Crispy Brie
Served with damson chutney

Confit duck leg with gooseberries, potato gratin, roast carrots and red wine gravy

Now the only decision is; what are you drinking with it?
๐Ÿบ๐Ÿท

& ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜

White chocolate and ginger panacotta, with orange slices and homemade short bread

11/06/2026

Chef's been busy

Belly Pork in red wine sauce, with kale and Garlic Butter new potatoes

Only ยฃ14

If this sells as quick as the Hunters Chicken you'll need to get yourself down the Old pretty sharpish

10/06/2026

What's on the pumpโ“
What's cooking โ“
What's the weather likeโ“

Weather is Langdale

Soup is Curried Parsnip and Apple ๐Ÿฅฃ

New beers on the pump
Fell Walker
Jester (hmm the staff)
Costa Del Salford
Tinderbox

Chef's cooking up some specials - Hunter's Chicken already to go and I've spotted some pork getting stabbed with herbs!
Join us pre hike or post wander we've got everything you need.

Great food, real ales, tea, coffee, hot chocolate ๐Ÿ˜

What's on the pumpโ“What's cooking โ“What's the weather likeโ“Join us pre hike or post wander we've got everything you need...
09/06/2026

What's on the pumpโ“
What's cooking โ“
What's the weather likeโ“

Join us pre hike or post wander we've got everything you need.

Great food, real ales, tea, coffee, hot chocolate ๐Ÿ˜

What's on the pumpโ“ cracking selection of ales for you ANDwe've had a cancellation if you fancy a night or two in the va...
07/06/2026

What's on the pumpโ“ cracking selection of ales for you AND
we've had a cancellation if you fancy a night or two in the valley ๐Ÿ˜‰

Join us pre hike or post wander we've got everything you need.

Great food, real ales, tea, coffee, hot chocolate ๐Ÿ˜

AND if you want a bed for a night or two drop an email to [email protected] and we will beat the online price for you

One of our reels has over 51K views๐ŸซชIt's one I actually thought twice about posting and one that you wouldn't really exp...
05/06/2026

One of our reels has over 51K views๐Ÿซช

It's one I actually thought twice about posting and one that you wouldn't really expect.

Do you know which one it is?
Can you guess what's been the most popular (so far)?

Aฬถnฬถsฬถwฬถeฬถrฬถsฬถ oฬถnฬถ aฬถ pฬถoฬถsฬถtฬถcฬถaฬถrฬถdฬถ post in the comments, first person to get it right I'll buy a ๐Ÿบ

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒAre you joining us? Friday 5th June is National Fish and chip day - personally every Friday is...
04/06/2026

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ

Are you joining us? Friday 5th June is National Fish and chip day - personally every Friday is but ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

To celebrate the day, you could win a fish supper at the ODG

To enter simply: Follow us, share this post and comment "I love The ODG" below.

The lucky winner will be drawn at random on Saturday, June 13th. - yes I'm turning it into fish and chip week ๐Ÿ˜‚

Good luck

Proudly serving beer battered ๐ŸŸ and freshly, peeled, chipped and fried spuds ๐Ÿฅ” Eแด แด‡ส€ส Dแด€ส


๐™…๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Š๐™ก๐™™ ๐˜ฟ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™‚๐™๐™ฎ๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™กThis is a live-out permanent position available on a ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก-๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™šor ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ-๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š b...
03/06/2026

๐™…๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Š๐™ก๐™™ ๐˜ฟ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™‚๐™๐™ฎ๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก

This is a live-out permanent position available on a ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก-๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š
or ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ-๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š basis for the right candidate.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ:
We need versatile individual/s who are happy to do a bit of everything.

Your day-to-day could include:

* Serving drinks in our busy bar
* Welcoming hotel guests
* Serving food
* Checking in hotel guests
* Supporting front-of-house team
* Supporting the chefs

๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™’๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ง:

* Friendly, reliable team players who are happy to muck in wherever needed.

* Excellent customer service skills and a positive attitude.

**Please note:**
Reliable transport or living locally is essential due to our beautiful valley location and this is a **๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š-๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ** role

๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜ผ๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ฎ:

โ€‹Ready to join the ODG family?
โ€‹๐Ÿ“ฅ To apply, please send your CV and a brief cover note to

[email protected]

31/05/2026

Peaceful valley days

Who is joining us this week?

Family room is available Tuesday and on Friday we have a room you can book as a single or double

Email [email protected]

For the best deal

Address

Great Langdale
Ambleside
LA229JY

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 11pm
Tuesday 12pm - 11pm
Wednesday 12pm - 11pm
Thursday 12pm - 11pm
Friday 12pm - 11pm
Saturday 12pm - 11pm
Sunday 12pm - 11pm

Telephone

+441539437272

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