--- title: "Newlands | Visit Keswick, Lake District" url: https://visitkeswick.com/explore/valleys/newlands description: "The quiet valley behind Catbells: Beatrix Potter’s Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, the Goldscope mine, and walks from valley paths to the full Newlands Round." --- ## Behind the ridge To the west of Keswick lies the peaceful and unspoilt Newlands valley. It is easily reached from the town and is separated from [Derwentwater](https://visitkeswick.com/explore/lakes/derwentwater) by a single range of hills. By road it is only three miles to Stair, a small hamlet at the start of the valley. A winding road with frequent glimpses of the Newlands Beck leads on to Littletown, another small hamlet. Close by is Newlands Church, a pretty whitewashed building at the foot of the hills. The small whitewashed Newlands church behind a drystone wall under a large tree ## The real Lucie of Newlands The Newlands valley is well known for its links with Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle uses the valley as its backdrop, and the little girl in the book was based on Lucie Carr — the daughter of the vicar of the tiny whitewashed Newlands church. The book is dedicated to “the real Lucie of Newlands”, and you can recognise Catbells, Skelgill and Littletown from the drawings in it. ## Walking from the valley The full ring of fells around the Newlands valley seen from the valley floor do ### [The Newlands Round](https://visitkeswick.com/do/walking-routes/newlands-round) A horseshoe along the skyline crest taking in Catbells, Maiden Moor and High Spy, then west over the remoter summits of Dale Head and Robinson. The big one [See the route](https://visitkeswick.com/do/walking-routes/newlands-round) A stony path dropping through copper bracken with the green vale beyond ### [Barrow Door](https://visitkeswick.com/do/walking-routes/barrow-fell) Fells and valley in one: a climb part way up Barrow for the views towards the high fells, then down to return through the quiet valley floor. Half and half [See the route](https://visitkeswick.com/do/walking-routes/barrow-fell) The ridge of Causey Pike rising above the farms and fields of the Newlands valley ### [The fells above](https://visitkeswick.com/do/walking-routes) Causey Pike, Barrow, Robinson, Hindscarth, Catbells, Maiden Moor and Dale Head all rise straight off the valley, from low-level paths to full ridge walks. From the doorstep [All walking routes](https://visitkeswick.com/do/walking-routes) road to causey pikes ## Goldscope mine Newlands is home to the Goldscope mine, the most famous mine in the Lake District. It is on the lower slopes of Hindscarth near Low Snab Farm, and was worked from the 1500s until the end of the 1800s. It yielded such large quantities of lead and copper that it was called Gottesgab — God’s gift — by the German miners who were brought over to develop it. [Find somewhere to stay](https://visitkeswick.com/stay) ## The other valleys A weathered wooden fingerpost pointing to St Johns in the Vale Church and Dale Bottom St John's in the Vale The scenic valley between Keswick and Thirlmere, with its small church, High Rigg and routes towards Helvellyn. Explore St John's in the Vale A wide green valley of hedged fields with a long fell ridge above it Borrowdale A valley running from Derwentwater to Scafell Pike, with villages, climbing crags and the Rambler bus all the way through. Explore Borrowdale Cattle grazing rough pasture on the valley floor with fells rising on both sides Watendlath A quiet hamlet and tarn at the end of a lane above Borrowdale, best reached on foot from Surprise View. Explore Watendlath A shingle beach curving into the lake below steep bracken-covered fells Buttermere Three lakes in one glaciated valley, with Rannerdale bluebells in May and walks beneath the highest fells. Explore Buttermere Loading map… - Newlands - [Keswick](https://visitkeswick.com/explore/town) - [Braithwaite](https://visitkeswick.com/explore/neighbouring-villages/braithwaite) - [Portinscale](https://visitkeswick.com/explore/neighbouring-villages/portinscale) - [Buttermere](https://visitkeswick.com/explore/valleys/buttermere) - [Derwentwater](https://visitkeswick.com/explore/lakes/derwentwater) ## 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).