Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
reconstructed lead/copper mine, visitor
centre, heavy machinery and locomotives, picnic area, panning for gold.
Small attraction. 3 miles E of Keswick S of Thelkeld village off B5322
signposted. Open daily and Bank Holidays 10am-5pm Mine £5, children £2.50,
museum £3, children £1.50 Tel. 017687 79747
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Honister Slate Mine Outdoor Adventure
underground mine tours, Via Ferrata
(harnessed climbing system up old miners' route to top of Fleetwith Pike),
zip wire across valley, factory trail, visitor centre, shop, cafe. 3 mine
tours; Kimberley, mainly level, 16 years and over £9.75, 10-15 years
£4.75, families (2 adults 2 children) £27 The Edge, more adventurous, same
price, both 10.30am, 12.30am, 2pm, 3.30pm pre-book during holidays.
Cathedral Mine, bespoke tour, fit and active visitors £19.75 per person
pre-booked only 8 people min. Via Ferrata daily 10am and 1pm 16 years and
over £25, 10-15 years min height 1.30m £20 families (2 adults 2 children)
£85. Plus zip 3pm £35/£25/£115. All day pass, mine tour, lunch, Via
Ferrata £37/£28/£125. Plus zip £48/£34/£160 must be booked in advance on
017687 77714. Factory trail, visitor centre, parking free. Big all-day
attraction open daily 9am-5pm arrive 30mins before start of all tours.
Equipment provided. Honister Pass, Borrowdale, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5XN
Tel. 017687 77230
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Keswick Museum
History of Keswick and its famous residents in Victorian
purpose-built museum. Model of Lake District and musical instrument made
of slate among unusual features. Fitz Park, Station Road, CA12 4NF on N
edge of town signposted from town centre across River Greta. Large
building standing alone at edge of park. Small attraction, free admission.
Tel. 01768 773263
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Cars of the Stars
Famous cars (there are more than you would think) in
film settings. Standish Street Keswick CA12 5LS town centre, off Victoria
Street, signposted. Small attraction Open daily 10am-5pm £5, children 3-15
£3 017687 73757
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The Puzzling Place
optical illusions, anti-gravity room, hologram gallery
etc. Museum Square, Main Street, Keswick CA12 5DZ town centre. Small
attraction. Open weekdays 11am-5.30pm, weekends and school holidays
10am-6pm £3.50, concessions/children £2.75 under 5s free, families (2
adults, 2 children) £11 Tel. 017687 75102
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Pencil Museum
Pencils have been produced in Keswick for 350 years. Find
out why and how. Exhibitions, artists' demonstrations, children's art
area, shop, coffee shop. Small to mid-size attraction. Open daily 9.30-5pm
last admission 4pm £3.25, under 16s and pensioners £1.75, students £2.50,
families (2 adults and 3 under 16s) £8.25 Southey Works, Keswick CA12 5NG
N of town centre, follow Main Street, turn off at Carding Mill Lane. From
A66 take A5271 (Crosthwaite Road) into Keswick, turn left at T-junction
and 1st left. Tel. 017687 73626
Keswick Mining Museum
nationally important collection of mining
memorabilia with displays on all aspects of mining in Cumbria and the
North. Geology and Mineral Room, how Lake District was formed, how mineral
veins occurred, forming of fossils, glowing rocks in crystal cave. Mining
and smelting techniques from Stone Age to present, gunpowder manufacture,
Mines Rescue Service etc, gold panning, 2 hour video, shop. Small
attraction. Open daily 10am-5pm including Bank Holidays. £4, under 16s
£1.50, under 6s free Otley House, Otley Road, Keswick, CA12 5LE town
centre. Tel. 017687 80055
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Keswick Launch on Derwent Water
Launches sail on the 3 miles x 1.5 miles
lake with 4 islands, calling at six landing stages on request to let
walkers on and off. Sail clockwise from Keswick at 10am and anti-clockwise
from 9.45am. Sailings on hour till 5pm/anti-clockwise 5.30pm July and
August. 50 min cruise or hop on and off, £8.50, children £4.25 families (2
adults up to 3 children) £20. Small to mid-size attraction. Tel. 017687 72263
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Mirehouse
Spedding family home for more than 300 years with literary
connections and grounds which stretch from Dodd Wood to Bassenthwaite
Lake. 4 woodland playgrounds, heather maze, poetry walk, rhododendron
tunnel and walled bee garden. Connections to Tennyson, Edward Fitzgerald,
Thomas Carlyle and William Wordsworth. Tearoom. Mid-size attraction.
Gardens, playgrounds, lakeshore walks and tearoom open daily 10am - 5pm.
House open 2pm-5pm (last entry 4.30 pm) Wed and Sun; also Fri in August.
Admission grounds only £3, children £1.50; house and grounds £6, children
£3, family (2 adults and up to 4 children) £17, under 4s free. Signposted
off A591 4 miles N of Keswick CA12 4QE Tel. 017687 72287
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Thornthwaite Galleries
More than 130 exhibitors, many from Cumbria and the
NW show work plus changing exhibitions every two weeks. Includes paintings
and prints, ceramics, jewellery, woodturning, furniture, sculpture,
photography, glassware. Teashop. Open daily 10am-5pm, teashop closes
4.30pm. Small attraction. Free admission. In Thornthwaite village 2.5
miles NW of Keswick signposted from A66. CA12 5SA Tel. 017687 78248