Derwent Pencil Museum
Derwent Pencil Museum is a museum in Keswick, Cumbria. Add Derwent Island and House, 1.4 km away, to a visit; it leads 16 places within 15 km. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 5 languages.
Museum in Keswick
Inside Keswick
Derwent Pencil Museum is inside Keswick’s built-up area, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
For warmth, aim for June to August (17–19°C highs in Keswick).
Derwent Pencil Museum
Museum in Keswick, Cumbria, England, UK.
In Keswick, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- in Keswick
Hours, entry and address
- EntryA fee is charged
Locating Derwent Pencil Museum
On this map, Derwent Pencil Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Keswick’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Of the 8, Cockermouth is the largest, at 8,859 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Keswick
Portinscale
Braithwaite
Cockermouth
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Derwent Pencil Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keswick | It’s in town | 4,465 | 15 |
| Portinscale | 900 m west of it | 498 | 15 |
| Braithwaite | 2.7 km west of it | 128 | 13 |
| Cockermouth | 16 km northwest of it | 8,859 | 6 |
| Bothel | 17 km northwest of it | 427 | 0 |
| Brigham | 19 km west of it | 665 | 5 |
| Tallentire | 19 km northwest of it | 383 | 3 |
| Greysouthen | 20 km west of it | 333 | 5 |
While you are near Derwent Pencil Museum
Choose from 16 places within 15 km, such as 3 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 historic sites.
Historic house · National TrustDerwent Island and House1.4 km away2
MuseumKeswick Museum & Art Gallery600 m away3
Historic houseUnderscar2 km away4
Historic houseMirehouse5.5 km away5Historic siteHistoric site · English HeritageCastlerigg Stone Circle2.8 km away6Historic siteHistoric site · National TrustForce Crag Mine6.8 km away7
CastleIsel Hall14 km away8MuseumMuseumThe Retro Zone100 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Derwent Pencil Museum
Where is Derwent Pencil Museum?
Derwent Pencil Museum is in Keswick, Cumbria, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Derwent Pencil Museum?
Museum in Keswick, Cumbria, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Derwent Pencil Museum?
June to August are the warmest months in Keswick, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Derwent Pencil Museum?
Within 15 km: Derwent Island and House (1.4 km), Keswick Museum & Art Gallery (600 m), Underscar (2 km) and Mirehouse (5.5 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Derwent Pencil Museum: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derwent Island and House: ThereWereNoWMDs, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keswick Museum & Art Gallery: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Underscar: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mirehouse: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isel Hall: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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