Keswick and Grasmere Day Trip

We start our day in the pretty town of Keswick. The town centre is home to many boutique shops and galleries. The galleries predominantly feature local artists and their works which cover photographs, paintings, pottery and jewellery. 

After looking rounf the shops you will find a good choice of coffee shops and cafes for a bite to eat in. If you enjoy a beer why not sample some of the locally made beers from the Keswick Brewery.

There are 2 large parks a short walk from the town centre offering crazy golf and pitch and putt, as well as play areas for the kids and plenty of space to wander and admire the well tended gardens.

After your visit to Keswick it's off to Grasmere, a pretty little village just north of Grasmere lake and surrounded by fells and mountains. 

The scenery is truly breathtaking, so it is hardly surprising that this is where so many painters, poets and writers have been drawn to the area of the years. Most famous of all was William Wordsworth, who described the Grasmere and nearby Rydal as "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found". In fact he loved it so much that he moved there, first to Dove Cottage and then on to Rydal Mount. Dove Cottage is one of the top attractions in the village along with a museum dedicated to the life of Wordsworth.

If you are feeling peckish after all of that then make sure you pay a visit to the famous Grasmere Gingerbread shop. Here they sell a range of goodies including Grasmere Gingerbread, award winning rum butter, toffee, fudge and many more.