The Atlas Obscura Guide To Keswick

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Keswick, England

Updated March 8, 2024

Unusual Attractions in Keswick

Stone Circle at Castlerigg with the mountain Blencathra in the background

Keswick, England

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Keswick, England

Derwent Pencil Museum

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

Keswick, England

Hundred Year Stone

This unusual sculpture is sometimes partially, sometimes fully, submerged.

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The Bowder Stone

A 2,000-ton rock resting in a state of a delicate balance.

4 miles from Keswick

Borrowdale, England

Millican Daltons Caves

It's believed a local adventurer spent 50 years living inside this cave.

4 miles from Keswick

Striding Edge from Hellvelyn, Red Tarn on the left

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Striding Edge, Helvellyn

7 miles from Keswick

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Saint Olaf's Church of England

The timber roof beams in England's smallest active parish church are rumoured to have come from Viking longships.

10 miles from Keswick

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Joseph Richardson and his sons, the Original Monstre Rock Band.

When Hard Rock Music Meant Banging on Actual Hard Rocks

The “shipwrecked Mozart” who wowed Victorian audiences, including the Queen herself.

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