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Visit

Find us on Lake Road.

9 Lake Road, Keswick, Cumbria CA12. From the Moot Hall, walk down Lake Road towards the lake; we’re on the left after two minutes, with our name in gold on the window.

Open in Maps

Keswick and the north end of Derwentwater on the 1952 Ordnance Survey map, with Foolscap marked on Lake Road Moot Hall Foolscap
Ordnance Survey, 1952. The A66 bypass came in 1974, so it isn’t on this sheet.

Opening hours

Six days, and Sunday afternoons.

Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5.30pm.

Opening hours
Monday9.30–5.30
Tuesday9.30–5.30
Wednesday9.30–5.30
Thursday9.30–5.30
Friday9.30–5.30
Saturday9.30–5.30
Sunday11–4

Closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Dan’s pen clinic: Thursdays, 10am to 4pm.

Getting here

Four ways to the counter.

  1. On foot from the Moot Hall

    The Moot Hall stands at the south end of Main Street, in the Market Square. Take Lake Road, the street that heads towards the lake, and look for the gold name on our window on the left.

  2. By bus

    Stagecoach buses from Penrith, Windermere, Kendal, Ambleside and Cockermouth stop at Keswick bus station, a few minutes’ walk from the Moot Hall.

  3. By car

    Use one of the three town-centre car parks, or the large one by the Theatre by the Lake at the bottom of Lake Road. There’s no parking outside the shop.

  4. By train

    Keswick’s station closed in 1972; the line is now the Keswick Railway Path. The nearest station is Penrith, then the bus to Keswick.

The Moot Hall’s clock tower in Keswick market place, slate and limestone under a grey sky
The Moot Hall, our landmark. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting in

One low step, and a ramp if you need it.

Ask at the counter and we’ll put the ramp down. The counter is at the front; the back room is up two steps, and we’re glad to bring things out to you.

Keswick and Derwentwater seen from the fells, the town in the valley below Skiddaw
Keswick and Derwentwater. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Before you come

Want us to check something’s in stock?

Write or ring with the number from the shelves and we’ll look, then put it aside under your name.

Ask us