Keswick

The Cumberland Pencil Museum, Keswick

August 15, 2019November 6, 2018 Laura GinnKeswick, The Cumberland Pencil Museum0 comment

The Cumberland Pencil Museum (officially known as Derwent Pencil Museum now) is located in the village of Keswick, inside the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. Rich in graphite, Keswick and a lot of the surrounding regions have a long history of pencil making that goes back more than three centuries and there are still fully functioning factories in the region. In fact, it was in and around Keswick that the first proper pencils in the history of mankind were made, following the discovery of the graphite mines in Cumbria,…

England Keswick The Lake District

July 15, 2015April 20, 2015 Laura GinnCumbria, England, Keswick, Lake District0 comment

Keswick is one of the prettiest towns in the northern part of the Lake District in Cumbria. It is located just north of Derwentwater and a few miles south of Bassenthwaite. The town is most famously associated with the great English poets, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey, who were inspired by the area’s natural beauty. There has been a settlement at Keswick since the 1200s, when Edward I gave permission for a market to take place. Over the years the fortunes of the town have changed considerably,…