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The fells of Hindscarth (left) and Robinson (right) at the head of the Newlands valley. The Newlands Valley is in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England.It is regarded as one of the most picturesque and quiet valleys in the national park, even though it is situated very close to the popular tourist town of Keswick and the busy A66 road.
Keswick (/ ˈ k ɛ z ɪ k / KEZ-ik) is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. Historically, until 1974, it was part of the county of Cumberland. It lies within the Lake District National Park, just north of Derwentwater and four miles (six kilometres) from Bassenthwaite Lake.
The Lake District National Park includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas and the Cartmel and Furness peninsulas are outside the park boundary. The area was designated a national park on 9 May 1951, a month after the Peak District , the first UK national park.
Castlerigg Stone Circle (alternatively Keswick Carles, or Carles) [3] [4] is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. [5] It is one of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany , constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from approximately ...
The town’s beautiful coastal landscape, independent shops and local history museums also make up the typical finds in a popular seaside town, and the nearby North York Moors National Park is ...
The mobile touring Century Theatre first visited Keswick in 1961 and settled full-time in the Lakeside car park on the shores of Derwentwater in 1975. Outline planning permission was granted for a permanent building on the site in 1991, and in 1996 the Century Theatre was moved to Snibston Discovery Museum to make way for it.