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Larch Grove, KESWICK, CA12 4HJ

Metal plate attached to stone post by the A591 (former A66), in parish of KESWICK (ALLERDALE District), Briery, set into stone wall, on North side of road. Keswick iron plate, erected by the Keswick turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- PENRITH 17 MILES KESWICK 1 MILES Milestone Society National ID: CU_PRKS17.

This section of National Cycle Route 71 follow the route of the former Penrith-Keswick railway line.

Now apartments this was originally a water powered pencil mill and later a power station.

The Bobbin Mill Tunnel was originally one of the two tunnels on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith railway line. The line was closed in 1972. The Greta viaduct in the background carries the A66 over the River Greta and was completed in 1977. It was voted "Best Concrete Engineering Structure of the Century" by "Concrete" magazine. Subsequently a path was constructed along the line of the old railway line from Keswick as far as Threlkeld. It was thought that the integrity of the tunnel might have been compromised by the viaduct construction and it was sealed off. An alternative route for the path was installed on a wooden walkway round the outside of the spur. The walkway was destroyed by Storm Desmond in 2015. When the path was reconstructed, it was determined that the tunnel was safe after all and was incorporated into the path. The path forms part of the C2C cycle route (National Cycle Network route 71) and is very popular with walkers and cyclists.

Brigham Forge Cottages seen from the path created on the trackbed of the dismantled Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway. The cottages are early 19th century in a mixture of styles and sizes. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1144663 A four mile long footpath was created by the Lake District National Park Authority between Threlkeld and Keswick though the Greta Gorge. Three bridges on the footpath were damaged or destroyed in the winter 2015 floods and are still (in 2019) in the process of being repaired. The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway was 31½ miles long with eight intermediate stations and opened in 1864. The section from Keswick to Cockermouth was closed in 1966 leaving Keswick at the end of a single line branch from Penrith which survived until 6th March, 1972.