Puzzling Place
Puzzling Place is an illusion museum. Inside Keswick’s built-up area is where it stands. 16 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Derwent Pencil Museum (300 m).
Museum in Keswick
Inside Keswick
Puzzling Place is inside Keswick’s built-up area, with 11 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.
Seasons in Keswick
The warmest stretch in Keswick is June to August, at 17–19°C in the afternoon.
Puzzling Place
Museum: illusion.
In Keswick, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Keswick
- Official site
- puzzlingplace.co.uk
Practical details
- EntryA fee is charged
Around Puzzling Place, mapped
Puzzling Place sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Keswick’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around Puzzling Place
Among the 3, Keswick is the biggest, home to 4,465 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Compare the 3 towns
| Town | Where Puzzling Place is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keswick | It’s in town | 4,465 | 15 |
| Portinscale | 1 km west of it | 498 | 15 |
| Braithwaite | 2.9 km west of it | 128 | 13 |
Beyond Puzzling Place
Within 15 km you can add 3 historic houses, 2 museums and 2 historic sites.
MuseumDerwent Pencil Museum300 m away2
Historic house · National TrustDerwent Island and House1.1 km away3
MuseumKeswick Museum & Art Gallery500 m away4
Historic houseUnderscar2.2 km away5
Historic houseMirehouse5.9 km away6Historic siteHistoric site · English HeritageCastlerigg Stone Circle2.6 km away7Historic siteHistoric site · National TrustForce Crag Mine6.8 km away8
CastleIsel Hall15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Planning a visit to Puzzling Place
Where is Puzzling Place?
Puzzling Place is in Keswick, Cumbria, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Puzzling Place?
Museum: illusion.
When is the best time to visit Puzzling Place?
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 Puzzling Place?
Within 15 km: Derwent Pencil Museum (300 m), Derwent Island and House (1.1 km), Keswick Museum & Art Gallery (500 m) and Underscar (2.2 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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