The Lowther Arms Community Project Ltd (LACP) is a Co-operative and Community Benefit Society created to buy and save the Lowther Arms village pub.
The Project has over 300 shareholders from the local community, and beyond, who came together to raise the money to buy the pub through the sale of Community Shares.
LACP also received support from a number of organisations including the Plunkett Foundation, Key Fund, Co-operatives UK, CAMRA, Allerdale Borough Council, Cumbria Community Foundation, Robin Rigg, and the Chamber of Commerce.
LACP are the landlords of the pub and lease to tenants. LACP has set the overall direction of the business as a welcoming, traditional, country pub serving great beer and home-cooked food, and the tenants are free to run the pub as they wish within this broad framework.
LACP retains control of the small caravan and camp site associated with the pub and income generated from this site, plus the tenant’s rent, will enable the Project to continue to invest to maintain the fabric of the building and improve the facilities. It will also enable the Project to fulfil its obligations as landlord and eventually generate a modest return for investors. Shares can still be bought – simply follow the ‘Buy Shares’ link.
LACP would like to thank all its shareholders and supporters who have made the re-opening of the Lowther Arms possible!
Lowther Arms Management Committee
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We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we have finally reached 4.8/5 on google reviews!
The whole team have worked so hard to achieve this and this now makes us the highest rated pub in our postcode area.
Next stop 4.9!
Thank you to all of our customers for your continued support but to say we are over the moon is an understatement! ... See MoreSee Less
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Fantastic, well done everyone as it takes a real team effort to achieve this 💫
Amazing well done to you both 👏
Well deserved. 🥰👏🍾. X
Well deserved
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Due to a couple of cancellations, we have a couple of tables become free for the quiz night.
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Why not join us on this beautiful autumn morning for lunch!
Open from 12 as always serving food right through until 8pm.
Specials start again tomorrow and will run all week now!
New cheesecake and delicious homemade chilli to warm you all up on these cold days. ... See MoreSee Less
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Lovely lunch yesterday & very friendly staff. Would highly recommend 😋
We’ve had a lot of people asking when we will be open over Christmas and New Year, so here’s our opening hours/days over the festive period.
Christmas Eve we will be serving food 12-4pm only.
New Year’s Eve food service will be 12-3.
Bookings only for these dates as we are expected to be extremely busy.
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We are fully booked this lunch time but still have a couple of tables available this evening.
Call 01900881044 to book yours now. ... See MoreSee Less
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It’s 1st October, so that can mean only 1 thing!
The fire is on!
Come and join us to warm up inside by the fire today. ... See MoreSee Less
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We are open all day as usual today from 12pm, serving food until 8pm.
Join us for a bite to eat today or just a drink after a walk. ... See MoreSee Less
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We just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone that supported our MacMillan coffee mornings!
We managed to raise a staggering £550 between the coffee mornings and our specials profits.
Our Sandra did us proud in arranging everything for these events and so a HUGE thank you to her! We certainly couldn’t have done it without her. ... See MoreSee Less
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Well done to you all! 👏
Wow well done
👏👏👏
We have a couple of tables free for our afternoon tea this Friday 4th October due to cancellations.
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