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Trinity Way, KESWICK, CA12 4HZ

Now owned by an hotel and well maintained but sadly underused. Situated alongside the Keswick Railway Cyclepath it really has potential.

A view from the cycle path along the former railway line outside Keswick, looking down along a footpath that leads from the main Penrith Road to a school.

A section of the path created on the trackbed of the dismantled Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway. 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.

The course of the former Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway is now a cycle path between Keswick and Threlkeld. The route is part of National Cycle Network route 71 and was substantially reconstructed following substantial flood damage in December 2015 from Storm Desmond.

One of several buildings on Penrith Road occupied by a glazing firm called Superglaze, this one looks like a former church (but I have not identified which denomination).

Former Tollhouse by the A591, in the parish of Keswick (Allerdale District), Toll Bar Cottage, Chestnut Hill junction with Manor Brow, CA12 4LT. More data at https://www.lakesguides.co.uk/html/lgaz/LK14643.htm A recent view is Image Grade II listed. 1327117 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1327117 Milestone Society National ID: CB.KES02

A short terrace of houses on the south side of Penrith Road,facing the former drill hall.

Once a World war One drill hall. Now home to both an outdoor activities hostel business and the Keswick Detachment of the Army Cadet Force.

The former Brigham School on Penrith Road, with a date plaque on the building on the left of 1851. The building on the right was added in 1895. The school closed in the 1990s following the building of St Kentigern’s School in Trinity Way in 1993, now part of St Herbert's School. The buildings now house a double glazing firm.