Keswick

The market town of Keswick located within the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England, is a popular destination for people wishing to explore the Lake District.

Just north of Derwent Water, and a short distance from Bassenthwaite Lake, Keswick lies on the A66 road linking Workington and Penrith, as well as the A591 road, linking it to Windermere, Kendal. Many of the visitors to Keswick come for the town's annual film festival, as well as the modern Theatre by the Lake, which is the permanent home for repertoire and festivals.

The town is also home to a large variety of other great attractions, such as the Cars of the Stars Motor Museum, a motor vehicle museum featuring celebrity cars from television and film, and Keswick Museum and Art Gallery, which is a Victorian museum which features the famous Musical Stones of Skiddaw. Amongst the historic sites of interest in Keswick is Castlerigg stone circle, a well preserved prehistoric monument around 2 miles away.