Keswick Guide 2018
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05 06<br />
01. <strong>Guide</strong>d walk in the Lake<br />
District fells<br />
02. Bench overlooking<br />
Loweswater<br />
03. Red squirrels can often be seen<br />
when walking in the woods<br />
04. Stagecoach bus at Crummock<br />
Water<br />
05. Drawing of the historic Moot<br />
Hall<br />
06. Howrahs path to Portinscale<br />
07. The path to Friars Crag<br />
08. Climbing the smallest<br />
Wainwright, Castle Crag<br />
09. National Trust Centenary Stone<br />
10. Water lillies on Watendlath Tarn<br />
Five<br />
Take a walk back in time<br />
Six<br />
Miles without<br />
stiles<br />
Delve into the history of <strong>Keswick</strong> as you follow<br />
<strong>Keswick</strong> Museum’s self-guided heritage trail.<br />
Available from <strong>Keswick</strong> Museum & Art Gallery.<br />
48 routes across the Lake District National Park suitable<br />
for people with limited mobility, including wheelchair<br />
users, pushchairs, and the visually impaired.<br />
07 08<br />
Seven<br />
Walk in the woods<br />
Eight<br />
Walk the Wainwrights<br />
Visit Whinlatter Forest, England’s only true mountain<br />
forest with a choice of graded walks on marked trails.<br />
Head to Dodd Wood with its network of forest walks<br />
aswell as a track up to the summit of Little Dodd where<br />
you’ll be rewarded with fine views. Great Wood is<br />
an extensive woodland area to the south of <strong>Keswick</strong><br />
overlooking Derwentwater.<br />
<strong>Keswick</strong> is an ideal base from which to start your<br />
conquest of the Wainwrights. Starting with the smallest<br />
Castle Crag there are 214 fells and mountains in the<br />
seven volumes of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial <strong>Guide</strong><br />
to the Lakeland Fells. The Northern fells book is the<br />
nearest to <strong>Keswick</strong> but the Lake District is so compact<br />
that any of the 214 fells could be reached within a day.<br />
09 10<br />
Nine<br />
National Trust Waymarked Walk<br />
Ten<br />
A walk of art<br />
An easy or moderate walk close to <strong>Keswick</strong>, the National<br />
Trust have created seven waymarked walks through<br />
the woods and along the lakeshore of Derwentwater.<br />
visitkeswick.com<br />
Starting and finishing at Derwentwater Independent<br />
Hostel this walk takes you on a journey through three<br />
centuries of landscape art.<br />
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