The North Lakes Area of the Lake District

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Keswick is a market town of some 5000 inhabitants. It has a fantastic setting between Derwentwater, Blencathra and Skiddaw, and is the favourite centre for Lakeland climbers and serious fell walkers.
 
Cockermouth is a market town of some seven thousand inhabitants, which lies at the north western corner of the English Lake District. It dates from Norman times, and developed at the confluence of two rivers – the Derwent and Cocker.
 
Much of the medieval street plan remains, and there are many features of historical interest. This led to its inclusion in the 1965 list of ‘gem towns’, that was compiled by the Department of the Environment, recommending preservation by the State as part of the national heritage.
 

Cockermouth Wordsworth House Jennings Brewery Tour Kirkgate Centre Banks Ironmongers Wordsworth Memorial Tourist Information Centre Dovenby Hall   Pardshaw Cockermouth Keswick and Penrith Railway   Western Lakes and Coast Car Tour	Buttermere Buttermere (Lake) Crummock Water Scale Force Newlands valley Newlands Pass Honister Pass Honister Slate Mine Loweswater Loweswater (Lake) Bassenthwaite Bassenthwaite Lake The Lakes Distillery Spout Force Whinlatter Pass Whinlatter Forest Mountain bike trail Osprey Watch at Dodd Wood Dodd Wood Mirehouse Lake District Wildlife Park Isel Hall Elva Plain Stone Circle The Vale of Lorton Wordsworth’s ‘Yew Trees’ Ireby Overwater Tarn Mungrisdale Caldbeck Priests Mill Hesket Newmarket	Keswick Keswick Railway Footpath Museum & Art Gallery Pencil Museum The Theatre by the Lake Tourist Information Centre Derwentwater Friars Crag Ruskin Memorial Keswick Launch Derwent Isle House Beatrix Potter’s Derwentwater Threlkeld Threlkeld Mining Museum Castlerigg Stone Circle Braithwaite Force Crag mine Borrowdale Grange The Bowder Stone Watendlath Brandlehow Wood Lodore Falls Edward VII monument, Grange Fell Surprise View Applethwaite Thirlmere
Other pages of interest in the area.
Churches in the area.

 
See also: Recommended garden services in the North Lakes area