Explore Keswick

Located in the heart of the Lake District, the market town of Keswick is a natural centre for mountain climbers and walkers. Located just 4 miles from Derwent Water, its a major draw for tourists too. With fewer than 5,000 people, it is said to have more beds for guests than anywhere else of its size in the UK. You can learn about Keswick's surprising past at the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery and find out that copper mining kept the town alive for over 300 years until the late 19th century. After that, it was the turn of the Cockermouth–Penrith railway line to bring a whole new form of prosperity – tourists. Today, they flock to sights such as the unique Pencil Museum, Castelrigg Stone Circle, which dates from 2000 BC, and, of course, the Lakes...