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KESWICK
STREET THEATRE
Every Tuesday through June & mid
July,
Keswick Street Theatre (£2:50)}
accompanied children under 16 free.
will present their summer production, starting
outside the Moot Hall at 7:30pm.
Over 1¼ hours, the collected Audience are taken on a short
walk
around the Centre of the Town,
where they enjoy TEN different scenes, each depicting
different characters and events from Keswick over the last 450 years
No booking necessary simply turn up outside the Moot Hall
Show dates for the 2009 season are
Tuesdays 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd June, 30th, 7th July
COCKERMOUTH Poet
William Wordsworth~
Born in Main St. Cockermouth 7th April 1770
His Home was rescued by the National Trust in 1937
(it was about to
be demolished to make way for a Bus Station)!
It is now open to the
Public.
Cockermouth also has it's own Brewery.
Jennings Beer is a very popular Ale in Cumbria.
Jennings own a lot of the Pubs in the area and
therefore sell their own beer in them.
Keswick Launch on
Derwentwater
Tel: 017687 72263
www.keswick-launch.co.uk
50 min Trips round the
lake in Passenger Launches
(clock-wise or anti-clockwise) Every 1/2 hour.
Evening Cruises available.
Rowing Boats, Motor Boats & Cabin Cruisers for Hire.
LAKES > MERES & WATERS
| |
NAME |
Miles Long |
Miles Wide |
Feet Deep |
|
1 |
Windermere |
10.5 |
1.25 |
219 |
|
2 |
Ullswater |
7.5 |
0.75 |
205 |
|
3 |
Coniston |
5.25 |
0.5 |
184 |
|
4 |
Bassenthwaite Lake |
4 |
0.75 |
70 |
|
5 |
Thirlmere (Reservoir) |
3.8 |
0.5 |
158 |
|
6 |
Hawswater (Reservoir) |
4 |
0.5 |
198 |
|
7 |
Derwentwater |
3.5 |
1.25 |
172 |
|
8 |
Crummock Water |
3.4 |
0.8 |
144 |
|
9 |
Wastwater |
3.1 |
0.5 |
260 |
|
10 |
Ennerdale |
2.5 |
0.75 |
148 |
|
11 |
Esthwaite |
1.5 |
0.5 |
80 |
|
12 |
Buttermere |
1.25 |
0.8 |
95 |
|
13 |
Loweswater |
1.25 |
0.8 |
60 |
|
14 |
Grasmere |
1 |
0.5 |
75 |
|
15 |
Rydal
Water |
0.75 |
0.25 |
65 |
|
16 |
Brothers Water |
0.4 |
0.25 |
70 |
|
17 |
Elterwater |
0.4 |
varies |
70 |
|
18 |
Tarn
Howes (man-made) |
(Deep enough to drown) |
The 20 HIGHEST MOUNTAINS in the
LAKE DISTRICT (height in feet)
|
1 |
Scawfell Pike |
3210 |
11 |
Esk Pike |
2903 |
|
2 |
Scawfell |
3162 |
12 |
Raise |
2889 |
|
3 |
Helvellyn |
3118 |
13 |
Fairfield |
2863 |
|
4 |
Skiddaw |
3053 |
14 |
Blencathra |
2847 |
|
5 |
Great End |
2984 |
15 |
Skiddaw Little Man |
2837 |
|
6 |
Bowfell |
2960 |
16 |
Whiteside |
2832 |
|
7 |
Great Gable |
2949 |
17 |
Crinkle Crags |
2816 |
|
8 |
Pillar |
2927 |
18 |
Dollywaggon Pike |
2810 |
|
9 |
Nethermost Pike |
2920 |
19 |
Great Dodd |
2807 |
|
10 |
Catstycam |
2917 |
20 |
Grassmoor |
2791 |
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SHOWS >
FAIRS & EVENTS
in the Area 2009
This Calendar still being updated & added to for 2009
*click here
to see an updated
"What's
on"
Feb
12-15th -
Keswick Film Festival
March
April
26 April- 3 May - Cockermouth
Georgian Weekend
May
6-10th
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Keswick Jazz Festival
13th - 17th - Keswick Mountain Festival
www.keswickmountainfestival.co.uk
Bank Hol.Weekend -
Keswick 1/2 Marathon round Derwentwater
June
5th & 6th - Keswick Beer
Festival
2nd June -
7th July - Keswick Street Theatre
(Tuesdays 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd June, 30th,
7th July )
July
4th - Skelton
Agricultural Show
11th - 31st -
Keswick Religious Convention
18th - Cumberland
Agricultural Show - Carlisle
August
1st - Borrowdale
Fell Race
Sat 1st -
Cockermouth Agricultural Show
19th - Threlkeld Sheepdog Trials
31st Bank Hol Mon - Keswick Agricultural Show
September
Sat 6th -
Derwentwater Trail - 14km Run
info@trailrunning.co.uk
www.trailrunning.co.uk
20th ? - Borrowdale
Shepherds Meet Show
October November
1st - Keswick round
Derwentwater 10 mile road race
December
Sun.6th
-
Keswick Victorian Fayre
Sun 6th -
Derwentwater Trail Race
www.trailrunning.co.uk
**Click
here for Local Bus Time Tables
Castlerigg
Stone Circle Keswick
Midsummer night 21st June brings
New Age Travellers to the Stone
Circle
Useful Website Links
http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/
A guide to Cumbria and the Lake
District
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