Keswick Guide 2018

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