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Apart from the obvious attractions of the lakes and fells and the usual facilities for eating, drinking and shopping (including numerous specialist shops for walking, climbing and skiing equipment) Keswick has these facilities and attractions - The theatre by the lake on the shores of Derwentwater The Alhambra cinema in St Johns Street. (Programme on the theatre website) Keswick Spa - swimming pool with water slide and wave machine Keswick Museum and Art Gallery in Station Road has many interesting exhibits including the musical stones. (Apr-Oct) Keswick Pencil Museum (Pencils were invented in the Keswick area with the discovery of plumbago in Borrowdale) The Cars of the Stars Motor Museum Take a motor launch around Derwentwater (hourly service) or hire a rowing boat or cabin cruiser. More Keswick information at www.keswick.org |
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Watch the Ospreys fishing in Bassenthwaite Lake (May - August) Trotters world of animals, Bassenthwaite. A wildlife experience with demonstrations Honister slate mine. Tour underground at England's last working slate mine The Heaton Cooper Studio, Grasmere. An exhibition of paintings and sculpture by four generations of the Heaton Cooper Family Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere. Wordsworth's Birthplace in Cockermouth and his home at Rydal Mount are also open to the public. Hill Top, Near Sawrey. The 17th century farmhouse where Beatrix Potter bred herdwicks and wrote childrens stories. Now owned by the National Trust. The Rheged Centre on A66 near Penrith. Seven giant movie screens, 'Discovering Cumbria' show, The National Mountaineering Exhibition. Off-road driving in South Lakeland
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Keswick Film Festival 8-10 Feb 2008 Words by the Water 29th February to 9th March 2008 Keswick Film Festival 10th to 13th April 2008 Keswick Jazz
Festival 7th to 11th May Keswick Mountain Festival 14-18 May 2008 Keswick Beer Festival 6th & 7th June 2008 Cockermouth Carnival ( June 2008) Keswick Christian Convention (three weeks from mid July) Cockermouth Agricultural Show 2nd August Bassenthwaite Regatta 1st week August Keswick Agricultural Show (August Bank Holiday Monday) Borrowdale Shepherds Meet 21st September 2008 Keswick
Traditional Christmas Fayre 7th December 2008
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(under construction) Wordsworth's Lakeland origins are well known but the other Lakes Poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey also had strong connections with Keswick Hugh Walpole's 'Rogue Herries' was set in the picturesque hamlet of Watendlath. Several of the children's novels of Arthur Ransome were set on and around Coniston Water and Winderemere. However 'Swallows and Amazons' was filmed on Derwentwater. Ken Russell filmed parts of 'Tommy' on Walla Crag and parts of The 'Seven Veils' in the Naddle Valley.
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Those of you without cars can come by rail to Penrith or Windermere. At Windermere Rail Station catch the 555 bus outside to Keswick Get off at the "Castle Lane Road End" stop and walk back down the hill. From Penrith Rail Station catch the X4/X5 bus outside towards Workington alighting at Keswick. The golakes website has an interactive map showing bus routes and trains - also long distance walks and cycle routes - but not timetables. Bus Timetables can be found here. The 555 Lakeslink service passes the farm on its way from Lancaster through Keswick to Carlisle . The "Dale Bottom" stop is half a mile down the hill from Low Nest. The more convenient "Castle Lane Road End" stop is a quarter mile up the hill but is not listed on the timetable. The Mountain Goat company operates tours by mini-bus Derwentwater, Ullswater, Windermere and Coniston, all have motor launches with regular services Bicycles can be hired in Keswick. Keswick is within walking distance of the farm (about 25 minutes). |
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View of Skiddaw from George Fishers
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Archaeology of the Naddle Valley and Castlerigg Stone Circle Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian Society |