Greystoke House Guest Information
Neighbourhoods
Keswick, the Northern centre of the Lake District National Park lies in a beautiful valley between the North shores of Derwent water and the towering grandeur of Skiddaw Mountain.
Keswick town is recorded in the 13th century as Cese-wic, indicating that it acted as a market for cheese. During the 16th century small-scale mining took place here, and it was the source of the world’s first graphite pencils. The pencil industry still remains today at the Derwent pencil museum.
There are a wealth of shops including several gift shops selling all sorts of local crafts and fine goods, a couple of chocolate shops and an excellent selection of cafés and delis to suit all tastes. Many of the town centre cafés have outdoor seating areas where you can enjoy a coffee and soak up the unique Keswick atmosphere..
Widely recognised as the Outdoor Centre of the Lake District, Keswick has the widest range of outdoor shops in Cumbria. Here you can often pick up some real bargains with the better
known shops such as Blacks, Cotswold Outdoors and Fat Face competing with smaller independent shops such
as Rathbones and George Fishers.
For eating and in the evenings there is a good range of pubs, restaurants, bistros and takeaways. Evening entertainment may be found at the highly regarded Theatre by the Lake or the Keswick Alhambra Cinema, and many of the pubs and hotels provide live music.
There are many events and festivals held in Keswick each year, such as Words by the Water (a literary festival), Keswick Mountain Festival, a Jazz & Blues Festival, a very popular Beer Festival and a
Spring Festival.
In addition the market square hosts events such as an Annual Christmas Fayre.
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Keswick
Keswick, the Northern centre of the Lake District National Park lies in a beautiful valley between the North shores of Derwent water and the towering grandeur of Skiddaw Mountain.
Keswick town is recorded in the 13th century as Cese-wic, indicating that it acted as a market for cheese. During the 16th century small-scale mining took place here, and it was the source of the world’s first graphite pencils. The pencil industry still remains today at the Derwent pencil museum.
There are a wealth of shops including several gift shops selling all sorts of local crafts and fine goods, a couple of chocolate shops and an excellent selection of cafés and delis to suit all tastes. Many of the town centre cafés have outdoor seating areas where you can enjoy a coffee and soak up the unique Keswick atmosphere..
Widely recognised as the Outdoor Centre of the Lake District, Keswick has the widest range of outdoor shops in Cumbria. Here you can often pick up some real bargains with the better
known shops such as Blacks, Cotswold Outdoors and Fat Face competing with smaller independent shops such
as Rathbones and George Fishers.
For eating and in the evenings there is a good range of pubs, restaurants, bistros and takeaways. Evening entertainment may be found at the highly regarded Theatre by the Lake or the Keswick Alhambra Cinema, and many of the pubs and hotels provide live music.
There are many events and festivals held in Keswick each year, such as Words by the Water (a literary festival), Keswick Mountain Festival, a Jazz & Blues Festival, a very popular Beer Festival and a
Spring Festival.
In addition the market square hosts events such as an Annual Christmas Fayre.
Food scene
A cosy little pub with an open fire - very popular so get there early for a good table. Home of the famous Hungarian Goulash!
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Dog & Gun
2 Lake RdA cosy little pub with an open fire - very popular so get there early for a good table. Home of the famous Hungarian Goulash!