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Once famous for producing lead
pencils, thanks to local deposits of graphite,
rugged Keswick is a major town in Lakeland. It
lies at the northern end of Derwent Water and is
overshadowed by Skiddaw and Blencathra. A one-time
woollen town, it developed through the mining of
materials such as lead, copper, iron and gold. The
use of graphite, found in Borrowdale, is
celebrated at the Cumberland Pencil Museum. |
View over Derwent Water - Photo: Malcolm
Winder |
The poet Samuel Taylor
Coleridge lived in Greta Hall, now part of Keswick
School, while other ‘celebrities’, including Sir
Walter Scott, Lord Tennyson, John Ruskin and
Robert Louis Stevenson, paid frequent visits. The
story of Keswick’s literary associations is told
at Keswick Museum and Art Gallery.
Castlerigg Stone Circle,
dating to 2,000BC, stands outside Keswick, while
Canon Rawnsley, who inspired Beatrix Potter and
was a founder of the National Trust, is buried at
Crosthwaite Church. Family attractions in Keswick
include Mirehouse Historic House & Gardens and
‘Cars Of The Stars Motor Museum’, which possesses
‘James Bond’ cars and Del Boy's misfiring Robin
Reliant.
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Further information:
Keswick Hotels, Guest Houses, Bed and Breakfast
accommodation
Keswick Self catering holiday cottages, cabins, lodges,
mobile homes parks
Keswick Camp sites and touring caravan parks
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