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Keswick is a town in Cumbria, England. It is in the historic county of Cumberland. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.) The community is on Derwent Water.
Copper and metal mining was important to early industry.
Setting for Thomas Blackburn's "A Clip of Steel"
Well-known residents have included:
· Hugh Walpole, novelist · Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet · Robert Southey, poet · Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet
Nearby parks & recreation: Fitz Park, Hope Park
Historic sites and museums: Cumberland Pencil Museum, Keswick Mining Museum, Keswick Museum and Art Gallery
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