8 Things To Do In Keswick If You Don’t Like The Great Outdoors
Keswick is renowned for its outdoor activities, adventures, and scenery, but we appreciate that the great outdoors isn’t for everyone!
Lots of people out there prefer to keep out of the elements and stick to the warm indoors and, the good news is, there’s still loads of activities and places for them to visit in Keswick!
If the above describes you, or you find yourself in Keswick on a really rainy day and you want to escape between four walls, this blog post should give you a full itinerary (and then some!) of things to do in Keswick.
Creating fine whiskeys, vodkas, and gins, The Lakes Distillery is a great indoor destination for visitors and locals to Keswick. Here, you can take a guided tour of the distillery, where you’ll learn about making whiskey, gin, and vodka - great for those who are curious about where their favourite tipples come from!
On top of that, with the tour, you’ll get £5 off any 70cl bottle in-store and a guided tasting of 3 Lakes spirits! You can even upgrade to the Enhanced Extra Tastings Tour, where you’ll get a guided tasting of 5 Lakes spirits thrown in.
For a feel of luxury overlooking Derwentwater, The Falls Spa has to be on your list of places to visit. Situated in the Lodore Falls Hotel, The Falls Spa is a place of indulgence and relaxation in amongst stunning scenery. You can book yourself in for a full or half spa day with treatments, or spend your time in the spa with a hot drink, making use of the sauna, hydrotherapy pool, and other amenities.
This small craft brewery was set up in 2006 and has come on in leaps and bounds since. You can expect quality with every beer from Keswick Brewery, but that’s not the only trick up its sleeve! You can take a tour of Keswick Brewery, where you’ll find out all about how they brew their tasty beers and you can even sample them, too! This is a wonderful option for an indoor day out in Keswick.
If you’ve done even a tiny bit of research on Keswick, The Puzzling Place will have come to your attention! This is a curious shop and puzzle area, featuring the renowned World of Illusions exhibition.
You won’t believe your eyes in this exhibition, where you’ll find an anti-gravity room, an Ames forced perspective room, a hologram gallery, and the Eyelusions exhibition. Great for kids - and the bigger kids, too! - The Puzzling Place is a true gem in Keswick, it’s definitely worth a visit.
Located at Fleetwith Pike, Honister Slate Mine is now the only working slate mine in England. There are a great many activities and adventure options available to visitors of Honister Slate Mine, making it one of Keswick’s must-visit locations.
You can take an underground tour of the mine where you’ll learn about the mine’s 450-million-year-old volcanic green slate, or you can even climb the mine in a wholly weather-proof experience!
Culture vultures will delight in Mirehouse and Gardens, a gorgeous historic building with beautifully furnished and decorated rooms. Inside you’ll find a great many delights, such as letters from Wordsworth, Tennyson, Southey, Thomas Carlisle, and John Constable. Children will have loads of fun at Mirehouse and Gardens, with an owl hunt, a history quiz, as well as much more. To find out more about the gardens at Mirehouse, click here.
Keswick Alhambra Cinema is a historic picture house which was built in 1913, which means it has been in operation for over 100 years! From classic to contemporary, you’ll find all manner of films being screened here, as well as many other delights, including National Theatre Live plays. At this cinema, you’ll get free tea and filter coffee, as well as very reasonably priced snacks and cold and alcoholic drinks, too.
These are just a handful of things you can do in Keswick if you’re not a fan of being in the great outdoors! To find out more about all the things to see and do in Keswick, as well as places to eat, drink, and stay, take a look around our website.