Keswick

Keswick, a market-town of Cumberland, near the confluence of the Greta and the Derwent, 16 miles NNW. of Ambleside, and by a branch-line (1865) 18 W. of Penrith junction, 36 SSW. of Carlisle. In its immediate vicinity are wooded Castle Head and beautiful Derwentwater (q.v.), whilst to the north towers Skiddaw (3058 feet). A great tourist centre, it is a pleasant little place, lighted with the electric light in 1890, and possessing half-a-dozen hotels, a good public library, a recreation ground, a town-hall (1813), lead-pencil manufactures, and a church (1839), besides the old parish church of Crosthwaite, $\backslash frac\{3\}\{4\}$ mile north, with Southey's grave. Pop. (1851) 2618; (1891) 3760. See LAKE DISTRICT.