There is so much to see and do in the Keswick Area including:
Cars of the Stars, Keswick Railway Footpath, Museum & Art Gallery, Pencil Museum, Keswick Mining Museum, The Theatre by the Lake, Keswick Launch, Derwent Isle House, Threlkeld Mining Museum, Beatrix Potter's Derwentwater, Castlerigg Stone Circle, Dodd Wood, Honister Slate Mine, Mirehouse, Trotters World of Animals and more.
The Bassenthwaite Ospreys are wild birds that chose each year to nest in the forest overlooking Bassenthwaite Lake in North West CumbriaThe Lake District Osprey Project provides both an open air viewpoint and indoor exhibition with live video pictures for visitors from April to September annually.
The Bassenthwaite Ospreys are wild birds that chose each year to nest in the forest overlooking Bassenthwaite Lake.The Lake District Osprey Project provides both an open air viewpoint and indoor exhibition with live video pictures for visitors from April to September annually.
Mirehouse is a family run historic house open to visitors to enjoy its strong literary connections.
The grounds which stretch from Dodd Wood to Bassenthwaite Lake include four woodland playgrounds and a heather maze for children and grown ups alike to enjoy in all weathers.
On a rocky site at 700 ft and clearly visible from the Cockermouth to Keswick road, is the "Bishop of Barf", a white painted stone marking the spot where, according to local legend, the Bishop of Derry was killed falling from his horse in 1783, after drunkenly betting he could ride up the hill. Both the Bishop and his horse are said to be buried near a smaller stone, the Clerk, at the base of the hill. The stone is whitewashed each year by staff at the nearby Swan Hotel. The Bishop stands about 7 ft high on the shortest side, while the Clerk is a much smaller conical stone.
Keswick Museum
It is a Victorian Museum and is arranged in the random style so popular with the Victorians; known as a 'Cabinet of Curiosities'.
Such strange 'Curiosities' on display include a 14-foot-long 1.5 tonne Xylophone made out of slate (see link), a 665-year-old Cat, Napoleon's Teacup, Britain's Rarest Fish pickled in a jar, the skin of a Giant Cobra, Victorian Roller Blades, a Giant Pencil, Robert Southey's Clogs, a spoon made from the leg bone of a sheep, John Peel's rocking chair, and a man trap. Website
Crosthwaite Musical stones being played click here
Myths and Legends An Eachy is a name given to a species of lake monster from a variety of locations in northern England and Scotland. An Eachy was typically a large humanoid being of gruesome and slimy appearance seen to occasionally emerge from the lake. An Eachy was reported from Windermere in 1873 and Bassenthwaite Lake as late as 1973, can you find the Eachy?
