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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 .
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England.It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and mountains, and for its literary associations with Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin, and the Lake Poets.
The road starts in Keswick and passes alongside Derwent Water. At the southern end of the lake it enters Borrowdale, passing the settlements of Grange, Rosthwaite and Seatoller. This stretch of road is notable for its views of the surrounding fells, including Catbells and Glaramara. At Seatoller, the road starts its climb up to Honister Pass ...
Topographic map of Cumbria Cumbria is the most northwesterly ceremonial county of England and is mostly mountainous, with large upland areas to the south-west and east. The south-west contains the Lake District , a national park and UNESCO world heritage site which includes Scafell Pike , England's highest mountain at 978 metres (3,209 ft), [ 9 ...
The original route of the A594 was from Maryport to Penrith via Cockermouth, Keswick, Threlkeld, Penruddock and Greystoke. This route is now mostly parts of the A66, A591, A5271 and the B5288 roads. The road number changed to coincide with the opening of the M6 motorway through what is now Cumbria.
Greta Hall Keswick home of Robert Southey 54°36′14″N 3°08′20″W / 54.6039°N 3.1390°W / 54.6039; - This article about a Cumbria building or structure is a stub .
The A591 as it passes between Ambleside and Grasmere. The A591 is a major road in Cumbria, which lies almost entirely within the Lake District national park. [1] A 2009 poll by satellite navigation firm Garmin named the stretch of the road between Windermere and Keswick as the most popular road in Britain.
Applethwaite is a village in the foothills of Skiddaw near Keswick in the English Lake District. It is in the county of Cumbria, and forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw, which has a population of 282. [1] The name derives from it originally being the clearing in a forest with apples in it. [2]