Literary Walking Tour around Keswick

Contact

Organizer: Keswick Museum

Name: Keswick Museum and Art Gallery

Phone: 017687 73263

Email: info@keswickmuseum.org.uk

Website: http://keswickmuseum.org.uk/

Address

Fitz Park
Station Road, Keswick, Cumbria,
Keswick
CA12 4NF

Price Notes

Free but needs to be booked in advance by contacting the Museum or through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/literary-walking-tour-around-keswick-tickets-70118471235?aff=ebapi

Direction

Travelling from Penrith on A66, follow signs for town centre. Turn right after war memorial on to Station Road.

Details

A walk around Literary Keswick visiting places associated with some of the great figures of literature.

This is a free walking tour as part of Heritage Open Days at Keswick Museum, led by Sylvia Pilling, visiting places associated with such literary figures as Coleridge, Wordsworth, Southey, Shelley, Ruskin, Hugh Walpole, Beatrix Potter, as well as more modern writers including Melvyn Bragg, Molly Lefebure and Bob Langley.Comfortable shoes and appropriate clothing should be worn. Tour will leave from Keswick Museum at 2pm.  

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