Keswick and the North Lakes
offers a multitude of activities and events to cater for all tastes. Whether you
like Guided Walks around
Keswick, watching
Osprey, shopping, wining & dining, enjoying a play or concert at the Theatre
by the Lake, culture, nature, fishing
or more strenuous activities, Keswick and the Northern Lake District has lots
to offer.
Main attractions within
easy walking distance of Swiss Court are the tropical indoor pool at Keswick Spa,
Cars of the Stars Museum,
Cumberland Pencil Factory,
Keswick Cinema,
Keswick Market and the many shops, pubs and restaurants in the town centre.
The Nineteenth Keswick Jazz
Festival 2010 takes place from Thursday 13th - Sunday 16 May 2010. A four day
festival comprising over 120 jazz events. The 14th Annual
Beer Festival will take place on Friday 4th & Saturday 5th June 2010.
The Christian convention is later in the year.
You can organise canoeing
& kayaking on Derwentwater, go tandem
paragliding over the Borrowdale Valley, have
a go at climbing, cruise Derwentwater with Keswick
Launches, Go Ape at the Whinlatter
Forest Park or try their Altura Mountain Bike Trail, visit the unique Rheged
exhibition, or Rookin
House Farm adventure venue, become a Lake District cowboy for the day out
pony trekking,
If the above sounds too
energetic why not just sit and enjoy the local
parks, with magnificent Lakeland scenery or walk by the lake and unwind to
the sound of gently lapping water.
