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Threlkeld

This delightful village, set in a plain at the foot of mighty Blencathra, provides the eastern terminus of the Keswick Railway Footpath. The village is also the ideal starting point for a number of mountain walks, including an ascent of Blencathra, one of the most exciting of all the Lake District mountains.

Threlkeld is famous for its annual sheepdog trials, though its economy was built up on the several mines in the area and the granite quarry to the south. At Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum visitors can browse through the collection of vintage excavators, old quarry machinery and other mining artefacts, wander through the locomotive shed and machine shop, or join the 40-minute tour through a re-created mine. The museum has interpretive displays of Lakeland geology and quarrying and is used as a teaching facility by several university geology departments.