--- title: "Keswick kids recommend | Visit Keswick, Lake District" url: https://visitkeswick.com/do/family-friendly/keswick-kids-recommend description: "Seventeen places around Keswick recommended by children at the five local primary schools, in their own words." --- ## A competition with the Keswick Lions Keswick Tourism Association were delighted to work with the Keswick Lions on a competition to design a tourism leaflet. The Lions visited the five local primary schools around Keswick to ask our young resident experts to design a leaflet telling people about all the great things they love to do around Keswick. There were some fantastic recommendations which we hope will give you plenty of ideas for great family days out in and around Keswick the Lake District. Start your Keswick Adventure here... The children were asked to come up with their favourite places to go in Keswick and include - Somewhere free - Somewhere unique - Somewhere to go for a treat - Somewhere for all the family - Somewhere to visit in any weather Loading map… - [Puzzling Place](https://visitkeswick.com/do/puzzling-place) - [Go Ape](https://visitkeswick.com/do/go-ape-high-wire-forest-adventure) - [Mirehouse](https://visitkeswick.com/do/mirehouse-historic-house-gardens) - [Hope Park](https://visitkeswick.com/do/hope-park-games-cafe) - [Whinlatter Forest Park](https://visitkeswick.com/do/whinlatter-forest) - [The Alhambra Cinema](https://visitkeswick.com/do/keswick-alhambra-cinema) - [Ye Olde Friars of Keswick](https://visitkeswick.com/eat/ye-olde-friars) - [Derwent Pencil Museum](https://visitkeswick.com/do/pencil-museum) - [Keswick Launch](https://visitkeswick.com/do/derwentwater-lake-cruises) Inside The Puzzling Place Any weather ### Puzzling Place Good for all weather, prepare to be amazed. How does that chair slide uphill? How can you be twice the size of your friends? Prepare for your mind to be blown. A person balancing along a high rope bridge in the tree canopy of an adventure course A treat ### Go Ape For a special treat fly through the mountain at Whinlatter Forest using zip wires and ropes whilst challenging yourself with obstacles. People gathered on the footbridge and banks beside a waterfall in the woods All the family ### Mirehouse It's a place for all ages and filled with fun. Gardens, playgrounds and lakeside walks. People sitting out on the grass along the Derwentwater shore with the islands beyond ### Hope Park There is a lot to do for all of the family - crazy golf (can you get a hole in one?), pitch and putt, remote control boats, bird viewing lovely gardens. The cafe lets you sit inside or out and enjoy the beautiful view. Straight conifer trunks in ranks with light and the valley showing between them ### Whinlatter Forest Park Lots of activities and fun things to do including bike trails and Cyclewise bike hire, terrific play area, different orienteering courses, Go Ape Adventures and multiple walking trails. A great time will be had whether you have young legs, old legs or four legs. The lit frontage of the Alhambra Cinema in Keswick at dusk ### The Alhambra Cinema The Alhambra Cinema is the best place for seeing lots of different films. The cinema has a desk as you go in where you can buy sweets or popcorn or drinks. Sit back and relax and enjoy the film. Ye Olde Friars sweet shop ### Ye Olde Friars of Keswick This delightful shop has been making chocolates since 1927 and is located in the Market Square. It is an icon of Keswick, visit and treat yourself to some chocolates and sweets. Derwent Pencil Museum ### Derwent Pencil Museum The home of the first pencil. Through words, pictures and carefully restored machinery you can trace the history of pencil making and see how Derwent pencils are made today. A wooden launch alongside the Derwentwater landing stages with Catbells beyond ### Keswick Launch Keswick Launch is a boat that goes across Derwentwater. It sails past four islands. Beautiful views and good for all ages. You can travel all around the lake and stop at any jetty. ## And one that is not a place Something for all weather, rain or shine so why not give it a go. It happens in whichever beck the guide picks, so it is not somewhere you can put a pin: see [water sports](https://visitkeswick.com/do/outdoors/water-sports) for who runs it. ## More for families Family walks, free things to do with the children, and the recommendations Keswick’s own schoolchildren wrote. ## For AI agents - API catalogue: https://visitkeswick.com/.well-known/api-catalog - Guide for AI agents: https://visitkeswick.com/llms.txt - A2A agent card: https://visitkeswick.com/.well-known/agent-card.json - MCP server card: https://visitkeswick.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json - Personal Agent Protocol: https://visitkeswick.com/.well-known/poppy.json - Live availability and booking: the site's tools above (MCP connector at https://visitkeswick.com/mcp).