Keswick, practically
Keswick is compact enough that most of this is within a few minutes’ walk of the Market Square. Below are the telephone numbers and addresses you are most likely to need.
Every pin on the map is one of the places listed further down. Health and emergency places are picked out in the brighter colour, and the car parks link through to charges, Blue Badge rules and the MiPermit codes. Most of the town centre sits on top of itself at this scale — zoom in and it separates.
We keep this as up to date as we can, but things change without our being told. If you spot an error or something missing, please let us know at info@keswick.org.
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- Mary Hewetson Cottage Hospital
- Castlehead Medical Centre
- Brundholme Dental Practice
- Fitz Park Dental Practice
- Boots the Chemist
- Cohens Chemist
- Smith and Butterfield
- Moot Hall information centre
- Keswick Post Office
- Cumberland Building Society
- Skipton Building Society
- Keswick Library
- Keswick Museum — Barclays mobile bank
- Booths
- Co-op
- Podgy Paws Pet Shop
- Keswick Motor Company
- High Hill Garage
- Derwent Service Station
- Bell Close car park — Radar toilet
- Central car park
- Lakeside car park — Radar toilet
Emergencies and health
Mountain rescue
Call 999 and ask for Mountain Rescue. You can also pre-register to send an emergency SMS, which is useful where mobile reception is poor — much of the high ground here.
Dentists
Brundholme Dental Practice, 2 Blencathra Street — 017687 72096. Fitz Park Dental Practice, 31 Station Street — 017687 73020.
Chemists
Boots the Chemist, 31 Main Street — 017687 72383. Cohens, 11–13 Station Street — 017687 72049.
Opticians
Smith and Butterfield, 1 Southey Street — 017687 72147. Kirkbride Eyecare, 3 Museum Square — 017687 73900.
Banks, post office and cash
- Keswick Post Office, 4 Bank Street
- Cumberland Building Society, 30a Station Street
- Skipton Building Society, 4–6 Station Street
- Keswick Library, 10 Heads Road, CA12 5EZ
Mobile banking
- NatWest — Central car park (CA12 5DN), Mondays 10am to 11am
- Lloyds — Bell Close car park (CA12 5JD), every other Thursday, 9.45am to noon
- Barclays — in Keswick Museum (CA12 4NF), Mondays and Fridays 10am to 4pm, closed 12.30pm to 1pm
Cash machines are at the Cumberland Building Society, the Post Office, the Co-op, Keswick Mini Market on the Market Square, inside Booths, and at both petrol stations on the edge of town.
Taxis, garages and petrol
- Davies Taxis, 25 Helvellyn Street — 01768 772676
- Keswick Motor Company, Lake Road — 01768 772064. Also mobility scooter hire.
- SPAR High Hill Garage, Crosthwaite Road — petrol
- Derwent Service Station, Penrith Road — petrol
Buses, car parks, charges and Blue Badge rules are on the transport and parking page.
Religious services
- Parish Church of Keswick St John, St John’s Street — Sunday 8am and 10am
- Keswick Methodist Church, Southey Street — Sunday 10.30am
- Our Lady of the Lakes & St Charles — Saturday vigil 5pm, Sunday 9am
- Kings Church, Rawnsley Centre, Main Street — Sunday 10.30am
- Religious Society of Friends, Elliott Park — Sunday 10.30am
- Crosthwaite Parish Church — Holy Communion 8am on 2nd and 5th Sundays; Morning Prayer 10.45am on 1st, 4th and 5th
- The Orthodox Church, Braithwaite
- St John’s in the Vale with Wythburn — Sunday 11am
- St Mary’s, Threlkeld — Sunday 9.30am
- Bassenthwaite Methodist Church — Sunday 11am
- St Bega, Bassenthwaite — 1st Sunday 3pm in winter, 5.30pm in summer; 3rd Sunday 11am. 01768 776198
- St John, Bassenthwaite — 1st, 2nd and 4th Sundays 11am. 01768 776198
Something out of date?
We keep this page as accurate as we can. If a number has changed or somewhere has closed, tell us at info@keswick.org.