From the Hoff to Fury: some of the A-list celebrities to visit Cumbria

From a-list actors to top celebrity chefs, there's been plenty of visitors this year alone, never mind in throughout the decades.  

Here is a list of the some of the famous faces to pop through our county in recent years. 

Taylor Swift

Do you remember when Harry Styles and Taylor Swift took a min-break in the Lake District?

The couple travelled to Bowness on Windermere back in 2012.

They stopped by several shops in the area, such as the Beatrix Potter nursery shop.

Taylor loves the Lake District so much that she decided to dedicate a song from her album to it.

Taylor Swift (Image: Newsquest)

The track called The Lakes is a bonus song on her new album, Folklore.

Some of the lyrics include: "Take me to the lakes, where all the poets went to die," and, "Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry."

Gordon Ramsey

Everybody's favourite chef Gordon Ramsey spent a day with Keswick and Cockermouth Rescue Teams, as they hanged from a harness to have lunch, over-looking over Honister Slate Mine - all as part of filming for Gordon's latest BBC show, Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars. 

CHEF: Ramsay alongside Alan Littlefair and Dave Pratt from the MRT. (Image: kESWICK MRT)

Tom Cruise

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise was pictured filming in the Lake District, shooting his latest Mission Impossible movie. The star ran into Adrian Newby, as he was walking up High Crag, Buttermere with his daughter Becca and their cockapoo Bernie. 

Tom Cruise with Adrian Newby and his daughter Becca (Image: Newby)

Only just last week, three primetime TV stars popped into a West Cumbrian Cafe for a cone. Emmerdale's Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle), Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk) and Zoe Henry (Rhona Goskirk), all stopped into Hartley's Beach Shop and Tearooms for a cuppa - while it appears they were holidaying in the area. 

Hartleys staff with the Emmerdale cast (Image: Hartleys)

Olly Murs

Olly Murs, the world-famous singer-songwriter  was in the Lake District last June to raise money for suicide prevention charity Samaritans. He climbed 24 peaks in 24 hours in memory of TV presenter Caroline Flack.

Olly Murs in the Lake District. Credit: @Ollymurs Instagram (Image: Olly Murs)

World champion boxer Tyson Fury met teenagers from Currock House ABC on Sunday, ahead of his first fight with Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas back in 2018. 

World champion boxer Tyson Fury met teenagers from Currock House ABC, ahead of his first fight with Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas (Image: Tyson Fury)

David Hasslehoff

Back in 2016, Baywatch star David Hasslehoff paid a visit to Holbeck Ghyll in Windermere. Subsequently, in 2020 to promote tourism in the area, he posted this to the Lake District website: "The lake, the hotel, Holbeck Ghyll… the time we spent in Cumbria was magical. Almost like being far far away in a calm serene place of beauty - A place to sigh and look into a lover’s eyes”

Coolest Hotel in the lakes!! Thanks Stephen Leahy! pic.twitter.com/qirSXQMElj

— David Hasselhoff (@DavidHasselhoff) September 18, 2016

We're sure there is plenty more faces to stop by, let us know in the comments who you have met in our county. 

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