Kids eat free in Westmorland and Furness

Three of the five venues sit in LA14, one in LA9, one in CA10 — so the map is shaped more like a corridor than a cluster, and which end of it you live on will decide whether you are driving ten minutes or the better part of an hour. That is worth knowing when you are lining up a midweek outing. The five venues span five distinct chains — Café Rouge, Hungry Horse, Pizza Express, Stonehouse Pizza and Carvery, and YO! Sushi — which gives a genuinely varied spread of cuisines rather than wall-to-wall pub grills. Two of those chains, Hungry Horse and YO! Sushi, run their complimentary children's plates during school holidays only, so the timing of your visit matters. Check the individual listings before you commit to the journey.

Holiday-only chains in Westmorland and Furness: Lounges, YO! Sushi. These quietly flip in for half-term and summer; outside the school holidays they drop off the list.

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