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Latrigg Close, KESWICK, CA12 4LD

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.

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.

A section of the path created on the trackbed of the dismantled Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway. The main path is to the left, the path on the right leads up to Penrith Road. 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.

There are plans to reopen the line from Penrith to Keswick. The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway (CK&PR) was incorporated by Act of Parliament on 1 August 1861, for a line connecting the town of Cockermouth with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) West Coast Main Line at Penrith.