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The Area |
Honister Slate Mine - the last working slate mine in England. Go deep underground on a fully guided mine tour. Learn the history of the best and most beautiful green slate http://www.honister.com Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens - Mirehouse has strong links with poets Tennyson, Wordsworth and Southey; it is a living family home, which has been sold only once, in 1688; · it has the largest woodland adventure playgrounds in the area and in 1999 it won the award as 'Best Heritage Property for Families in the UK'. http://www.mirehouse.com Theatre By the Lake is situated at the side of Derwentwater. Alongside hosting a wide range of visiting drama, music, dance, talks, comedy and film, the theatre also produces a Summer Season of six plays, a Christmas show and an Easter production. Additional regular features in the theatre's year include the Keswick Film Festival in February, the Literatre Festival in March and the Keswick Jazz Festival in May. http://www.theatrebythelake.com Keswick Museum & Art Gallery is a local Victorian Museum revealing Keswick's surprising past from industrial mining centre to tourist town with some very famous residents. Art exhibitions monthly. Only 5 minutes walk from the town centre http://www.allerdale.gov.uk/keswick-museum Keswick Brewing Company offer a brewery tour which includes sampling a selection of our beers. They have bottled and mini cask beers and gifts for sale. http://www.keswickbrewery.co.uk |