Keswick

Keswick is the northern tourist hub of the Lake District National Park and is a favourite base for serious walkers and climbers, artists and photographers, and anyone who enjoys mountain and lake scenery.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Derwent Pencil Museum and Walla Crag.

Derwent Pencil Museum

Museum

Photo: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Derwent Pencil Museum is a museum dedicated to the…

Walla Crag

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Walla Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, near Keswick.

Theatre by the Lake

Theater building

Photo: Phil Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Theatre by the Lake is situated on the shores…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castlerigg stone circle and Portinscale.

Castlerigg stone circle

Locality

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castlerigg stone circle is situated on a prominent…

Portinscale

Village

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Portinscale is a village in Cumbria, England, close…

Keswick

Type: Locality
Location: Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.5993° or 54° 35′ 57″ north

Longitude

-3.1348° or 3° 8′ 5″ west

Elevation

315 feet (96 metres)

Open location code

9C6RHVX8+P3

GeoNames ID

7296390

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Places to explore: Briar Rigg and High Hill.

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Highlights: Castlehead and Derwent Isle.

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