Keswick Information Centre
Open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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Keswick Information Centre Details
The Keswick Information Centre, one of three in Lake District National Park, offers visitors lots of literature, guides to the park and advice from the helpful center staff. The center is in the Keswick Market Square inside Moot Hall, and is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. There's free Wi-Fi as well as advice on walking and cycling routes with books and guides for sale, as well as a number of other locally made souvenirs and postcards. There are also plentiful leaflets on hand featuring information on festivals, events and guided walks within the national park. Staff can offer advice for road, rail, bus and boat travel, as well as advice on fishing permits, which are available onsite. Visitors can also book accommodations as well as tickets to a number of local attractions. The top floor of the information center features exhibits on the national park throughout the year.
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Moot Hall
This imposing building houses the National Park's Keswick Information Centre. The present Moot Hall date s from 1813, but there was a building on the site long before the beginning of the 19th century.
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Pencil Museum
Keswick's Pencil Museum is the home of the biggest colouring pencil in the world. It 7.91 metres (26 ft) long, and weighs 446.36 kilograms (984.1 lb).
0.4 mi away
Theatre on the Lake
The theatre, hailed as "the most beautifully located and friendly theatre in Britain", is a short stroll from Derwentwater on the edge of Keswick, amid the magnificent western fells of the Lake District.
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Derwent Water
Just south of Keswick, Derwent Water is one of the park's most popular destinations.
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Derwentwater Way
A scenic 10 mile waymarked walk around Derwentwater, Queen of the Lakes.
