The Heights Hotel

Licensed under the Licensing Act

Rakefoot Lane, Castlerigg, Keswick, CUMBRIA, CA12 4TE

Premises licence PL0237

In force

The Heights Hotel holds a premises licence from Cumberland Council, reference PL0237. It was issued on 3 March 2006. The council's register shows it as in force.

The record

Licence type: Premises Licence
Reference: PL0237
Status on register: Current
Issued: 3 March 2006
Venue type: Hotel
Food hygiene rating: 4 out of 5 (good), inspected 23 November 2022
Licensing authority: Cumberland Council
Postcode: CA12 4TE
First seen by On Licence: 26 September 2026

Licensable activities

Cumberland Council's register does not list activities for this licence. The full licence, with its conditions and hours, is held by the council.

What the licence permits

Opening hours on the licence: Mon to Sat 10:00-23:20, Sun 12:00-22:50
The sale by retail of alcohol for consumption ON and OFF the premises: Mon to Sat 10:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-22:30

Licence conditions (4)

Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours. In this condition, permitted hours means: (a) On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, Good Friday or New Year’s Eve, 10:00 to 23:00 (b) On Sundays, other than Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve, 12:00 to 22:30 (c) On Good Friday, 12:00 to 22:30 (d) On Christmas Day, 12:00 to 15:00 and 19:00 to 22:30. () On New Year’s Eve, except on a Sunday, 10:00 to 22:30. () On New Year’s Eve on a Sunday, 12:00 to 22:30. () On New Years Eve from the end of permitted hours on New Year’s Eve to the start of permitted hours on the following day. The above restrictions do not prohibit: (a) during the first twenty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises; (b) during the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of the alcohol from the premises unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel; (c) during the first thirty minutes after the above hours the consumption of the alcohol on the premises by persons taking meals there if the alcohol was supplied for consumption as ancillary to the meals; (d) consumption of the alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises; (e) the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered; (f) the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club; (g) the sale or supply of alcohol to any canteen or mess, being a canteen in which the sale or supply of alcohol is carried out under the authority of the Secretary of State or an authorised mess of members of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces; (h) the taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there; (i) the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by him at his own expense, or the consumption of alcohol by persons so supplied; o
Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during permitted hours. In this condition, permitted hours means: (a) On weekdays, other than Christmas Day, 08:00 to 23:00. (b) On Sundays, other than Christmas Day, 10:00 to 22:30. (c) On Christmas Day, 12:00 to 15:00 and 19:00 to 22:30. (d) On Good Friday, 08:00 to22:30. The above restrictions do not prohibit: (a) during the first twenty minutes after the above hours, the taking of the alcohol from the premises, unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel; (b) the ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the despatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered; (c) the sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club; or () the sale or supply of alcohol to any canteen or mess, being a canteen in which the sale or supply of alcohol is carried out under the authority of the Secretary of State or an authorised mess of members of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces.
Alcohol shall not be sold in an open container or be consumed in the licensed premises.
No person under 14 years of age shall be in the bar of the licensed premises during the permitted hours unless one of the following applies; (a) He is the child of the holder of the premises licence; (b) He resides in the premises, but is not employed there; (c) He is in the bar solely for the purpose of passing to or from some part of the premises which is not a bar and to or from which there is no other convenient means of access or egress; or (d) The bar is in the railway refreshment rooms or other premises constructed, fitted and intended to be used bona fide for any purpose to which the holding of the licence is ancillary. In this condition “bar” includes any place exclusively or mainly used for the sale and consumption of intoxicating liquor. But an area is not a bar when it is usual for it to be, and it is, set apart for the service of table meals and alcohol is only sold or supplied to persons as an ancillary to their table meals. Sections 145 to 154 Licensing Act 2003, relates to the presence of children in licensed premises. Private Entertainment The provision of regulated entertainment, that is, the provision of dancing, music or any other entertainment of the like kind, is prohibited (unless it is a licensable activity included in this licence) with the exception of pre-booked private events limited to pre-invited guests only. Recorded Music Provision may be made for the public entertainment in the premises by the reproduction of wireless (including television) broadcasts (or of programmes included in any programme service [within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990] other than a sound or television broadcasting service), or of public entertainment by way of music and singing only which is provided solely by the reproduction of recorded sound.

Licensed hours are the most a premises may open or trade under its licence, not its actual opening times.

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