Keswick Guide 2018
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<strong>Keswick</strong>’s<br />
Enduring Appeal<br />
<strong>Keswick</strong> Tourism Association (formerly known as the <strong>Keswick</strong> Town Publicity<br />
Association) has been producing a <strong>Keswick</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> for many years.<br />
In several of the later editions (1950’s), Hugh Walpole,<br />
author of the “Herries” chronicles and resident of<br />
Brackenburn, Manesty, said, “Make <strong>Keswick</strong> your<br />
headquarters, climb Helvellyn by moonlight, or see the<br />
sun rise over Gable, and you will not doubt the truth<br />
of that word (beauties).”<br />
The origins of today's tourism industry began in the<br />
late 18 th C when the first visitors started to arrive<br />
encouraged by the area's close connections with<br />
famous writers such as Coleridge, Ruskin, Wordsworth<br />
and Southey and popularity with artists such as Turner<br />
and Constable. A 1783 Travellers' <strong>Guide</strong> stated '<strong>Keswick</strong><br />
receives great benefit from the resort of gentry to see<br />
the romantic lakes and mountains that surround it'.<br />
As war in Europe brought 'The Grand Tour' to an<br />
end and roads began to improve, numbers of visitors<br />
increased. In the 1860's the building of the Cockermouth,<br />
<strong>Keswick</strong> and Penrith railway line led to a dramatic<br />
increase in visitors and <strong>Keswick</strong> began to be<br />
transformed from a small market town to the thriving<br />
tourist centre it is today.<br />
– Did you know? –<br />
Copies date back as far as 1928 in<br />
the KTA office.<br />
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01. Immunity from fog<br />
02. Banks & Park<br />
Ironmongers shop front.<br />
03. <strong>Keswick</strong> Market Square<br />
Taken before the square was closed<br />
t o t r a ffi c .<br />
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04. Queen's Hotel<br />
05. George Hotel<br />
The oldest established hotel in<br />
<strong>Keswick</strong>.<br />
06. The Pencil Museum<br />
Discover the interesting process of<br />
making pencils.<br />
07. Official <strong>Guide</strong> to Derwentwater<br />
06 visitkeswick.com