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Travel / Tours / England / Keswick
Visitor guide to the northern/western areas of the Lake District
     
Sections:
 Introduction
  Keswick
  Around Keswick
  Cockermouth
  Buttermere
  Wast Water
  Hardknott Pass
  Muncaster Castle
  Further information
  Links


INTRODUCTION

An introduction to the northern and western area of the Lake District (around the town of Keswick).

For information about the central/southern area of the Lake District (around Windermere) see: Travel/Tours/England/Windermere

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KESWICK


Keswick town centre

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AROUND KESWICK


"Surprise View"

Ashness Bridge


Castlerigg Stone Circle

Artist's impression of the stone circle as it was


Cattle

Stone wall


Herdwick sheep

Pig

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COCKERMOUTH


Jennings ale
(brewed in Cockermouth)

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BUTTERMERE


View from the shore of Buttermere

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WAST WATER


Wast Water

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HARDKNOTT PASS


Hardknott Pass

Hardknott Roman Fort

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MUNCASTER CASTLE


Muncaster Castle

World Owl Trust

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FURTHER INFORMATION

* Booking a tour
KLM Travel (tour company based in Keswick): http://www.klmtravel.co.uk
Millennium Lake District Tours (1-day / half-day trips for Japanese people): http://www.lakedistricttours.com/uk
Mountain Goat Tours (1-day / half-day trips from Windermere): http://www.mountain-goat.com

* Visitor information
Cumbria Tourist Board official website: http://www.golakes.co.uk
Keswick Tourism Association: http://www.keswick.org
Cockermouth: http://www.cockermouth.org.uk
Hardknott Roman Fort: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/conProperty.151
Muncaster Castle: http://www.muncaster.co.uk

* Transportation
- Travel to Penrith by train: Shop/Company/TheTrainline and take the connecting bus service to Keswick (a 40-minute journey)
(the train from London to Penrith starts at Euston; journey time is about 4 hours)
- Travel to Keswick by coach: Shop/Company/NationalExpress
(from London start at Victoria Coach Station; the journey time is about 9 hours)

* Weather forecast for Keswick
See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1387 (note that the weather here is difficult to predict and can change quickly)

* More photos
360 degree panoramic pictures of Cumbria: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/in_pictures/360_panoramas/index.shtml

Lonely Planet verdict: The Lake District
"Diversely beautiful, the Lake District mixes soft green dales, cobbled towns, stark mountains and mirror-surfaced lakes. An incredible variety of breathtaking scenery is crammed into a small area ... Unfortunately, many others have spotted its attractions, and there are an estimated 14 million annual visitors ... Avoid the most touristed areas from mid-July to August and on bank holiday weekends if you can. May, June, September and October are good times to visit, and the westernmost lakes are never so busy"
(extracts from "Lonely Planet Great Britain - 2003 edition", used with permission)
Lonely Planet Great Britain
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Date: May 2009
Lonely Planet England
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Date: March 2009
Other Lonely Planet publications

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LINKS

Windermere and the southern/central area of the Lake District: Travel/Tours/England/Windermere
Carlisle: Travel/Tours/England/Carlisle
Miss Potter (film about Beatrix Potter): Britain/Films/MissPotter

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