Live like a local...
1 THE THEATRE
INTERVAL DRINKS COME WITH A VIEW OF DERWENTWATER AT Theatre by the Lake, WHERE THE YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMME FEATURES ORIGINAL AND TOURING PLAYS, MUSIC RECITALS, TALKS AND FILMS. THIS YEAR’S SHOWS INCLUDE The Lost Spells MUSICAL (SEE OUR INTERVIEW ON PAGE 50) FROM 24 MAY TO 3 JUNE (THEATREBYTHE LAKE.COM). KESWICK ALSO HAS A FAMILYOWNED INDEPENDENT CINEMA (KESWICK ALHAMBRA.CO.UK).
2 THE CAFÉ
BEATRIX POTTER SPENT MANY FAMILY HOLIDAYS AT THE LINGHOLM ESTATE, NOW HOME TO The Lingholm Kitchen. THIS GLASSFRONTED CAFÉ FACES THE SKIDDAW MOUNTAINS AND OVERLOOKS THE WALLED GARDEN SAID
TO HAVE INSPIRED MR MCGREGOR’S IN The Tale of Peter Rabbit. BRUNCH IS LINGHOLM’S SPECIALITY, WITH BREAD FROM ITS SOURDOUGH BAKERY AND PRESERVES MADE WITH ITS GARDEN AND ORCHARD PRODUCE (THELINGHOLMKITCHEN. CO.UK).
3 THE MUSIC SCENE
WALK INTO OPEN-MIC NIGHTS AT PUBS AND BARS IN AND AROUND KESWICK AND YOU’LL BE WELCOMED LIKE A LOCAL, WHETHER YOU WANT TO LISTEN WITH A CUMBRIAN CRAFT BEER OR BORROW A GUITAR AND JOIN IN. START AT The Pocket ON A MONDAY AND YOU’LL FIND OUT WHERE THE NEXT ONE IS (THEPOCKET KESWICK.COM).
4 THE CRAFT CENTRE
The Makers Mill IS A GALLERY AND CREATIVE SPACE SELLING TEXTILES, CERAMICS, JEWELLERY
AND FURNITURE BY MORE THAN 30 LOCAL ARTISANS. BEGINNERS’ WORKSHOPS AND EVENING CLASSES COVER GARMENT- AND WREATH-MAKING, STAINED GLASSWORK, LINO-PRINTING, POTTERY THROWING AND NEEDLE FELTING, MANY RUN BY DESIGNER-MAKERS WHO WORK IN STUDIOS THERE (THEMAKERSMILL.CO.UK).
5 THE QUIRKY PLACES
THE LAKE DISTRICT IS ENGLAND’S WETTEST LOCATION, BUT A VISIT TO THE Derwent Pencil Museum IS THE PERFECT RAINY-DAY ACTIVITY (RIGHT). KESWICK’S MOST FAMOUS INVENTION DATES BACK TO THE DISCOVERY OF GRAPHITE BY BORROWDALE SHEPHERDS IN THE 16TH CENTURY (DERWENTART.COM). THE TOWN HAS AN OPTICAL ILLUSIONS MUSEUM, TOO (ABOVE RIGHT, PUZZLINGPLACE.CO.UK).