Keswick is an attractive and bustling market town in the heart of the Northern Lake District. The rejuvenated market square area provides shops, cafes and pubs in a car-free environment and if you want somewhere a bit more peaceful there are two beautifully maintained parks or the lakeshore to choose from. Whatever the weather you will find something to do or somewhere to go. This is just a short list of the many attractions to be found in the area:
Cars of the Stars Motor Museum
Theatre By The Lake
Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens
Trotters World of Animals
Cumberland Pencil Museum
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery
Derwentwater Marina
Keswick Launches
Eden Ostrich World
Rookin House Activity Centre
Honister Slate Mine
Maryport Aquaria
Lakeland Sheep and Wool Visitor Centre
Muncaster Castle
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
Sellafield Visitor Centre
Ullswater Steamers
National Trust houses and gardens
Grizedale and Whinlatter Forests
The Puzzling Place
Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum
Hadrians Wall
Carlisle Castle
Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hill Top
Brockhole Visitor centre
The Eden Valley
Lake District Peninsulas….
And many more!
Distances:
Grasmere 12 miles
Ambleside 17 miles
Windermere 22 miles
Kendal 30 miles
Cockermouth 13 miles
Carlisle 30 miles
Whitehaven 26 miles
Penrith 17 miles