NEWS

The Engine has just had it’s latest unannounced Cask Marque inspection in which we scored 100% across the board! Beer Quality, Cellar and Glassware Standards all passed with flying colours thus proving what we already knew – The Engine serves the best kept cask ale in the area. Enjoy!

What a weekend we had! Crazy busy all three days with our special Coronation Menu devised by Head Chef, Amanda, and featuring The Duke of Edinburgh’s Special Scotch Egg and The Duke of Lancaster’s Hot Pot. The Barbecue was a hit with Cartmel Valley Game skewers very popular and we sold out of several beers including our King’s Coronation Pale Ale. A big thank you to all who attended!

We take great pride in the quality of our cask ales here at The Engine Inn. We are in the 2022 CAMRA Good Beer Guide and Cask Marque accredited and will be showing what we do to old and new customers alike in mid-August. Come and join us, all welcome!

For the fourth year running, The Engine has been included in next year’s (2022) Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide. Our motto is Good Food-Good Beer-Good Wine and Great Company! and it is great to have this endorsed and acknowledged once again. To be assured of a great pint of cask ale and a warm welcome, visit us here at The Engine Inn.

The Engine Inn is proud to sponsor Holker Cricket Club which plays at Holker Hall (see Nearby page). The Club is made up of a band of enthusiastic locals and is very much a part of the summer social scene in Cark. Practice is on Tuesdays and matches are played all over Cumbria on Sundays. Not surprisingly, a few pints of ale are consumed afterwards!

On August Bank Holiday weekend , the inaugural ‘Arthur Wilson Memorial Trophy’ was contested, playing against the Wilson XI. A closely fought game was won by Holker with the last ball of the match. All proceeds were donated to The Alzeimers Society in memory of Arthur, a much loved local character who sadly passed away in 2019.

Booking.com have announced their 2021 Traveller Review Awards in which The Engine scored 8.7 (87%). Not bad for our first year on this huge global website! We will not be sitting on our laurels and will continue to make improvements. We look forward to welcoming our guests back to The Engine once we can re-open again after the current National Lockdown.

Maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel for pubs during Lockdown? Or a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

Here at The Engine Inn in Cark, we have cask ale in 5 litre containers to take away including Gold, IPA, Bitter & Copper, subject to availability. Please email for details: engineinnmanager@gmail.com

The 2021 Good Beer Guide was published at the end of October. 50,000 pubs inspected, only 4,500 selected and we are proud to be included!

The Good Beer Guide is the ‘definitive’ guidebook to help you discover good pubs that serve real ale across the UK.

Since 1974 CAMRA has produced a completely independent regional guide to the best pubs covering the whole of the UK and Northern Ireland with listings based entirely on evaluation by CAMRA volunteers.

Rest assured, all our guest rooms are deep cleaned / sanitised and will continue to be so once we can re-open.

New Laws – Face covering to be worn at all times in public areas except when seated at a table to eat and / or drink.

Table Service Only. Thank you for your cooperation.