Adventure Base

 

Let Your Adventure Unfold

Trying to find out where the Keswick Mountain Festival is?  This page will help direct you around the various activity centres at the event, what’s going on there and where they are located.  But whatever you do, wherever you go, don’t forget that Ordnance Survey is with you every step of the way!

Adventure Base

This is the name of the festival village. The Adventure Base is situated on Crow Park next to The Theatre By The Lake.

Visit the Adventure Base on Crow Park where you can try new activities, speak to outdoor experts and pikc up some great gear.

The Adventure Base is packed full of stands, demonstrations and taster activities. You can check out stands, taste cumbrian food, try out a new activitiy, watch the exciting sporting events or simply hang out and soak up the atmosphere admiring the views of Catbells and Skiddaw.

On Foot
Follow the signposts from the centre of town for the lake and the Adventure Base is located near the shores of Lake Derwentwater.

By Car

  • Leave the M6 motorway at Junction 40 (Penrith).
  • At the motorway roundabout, take the first exit (signed Keswick)
  • Follow the A66 for about 15 miles.
  • Turn left off the A66 (signed Keswick).
  • At the end of the road turn left (signed Keswick).
  • At the end of the road turn right (which takes you down the hill into Keswick).
  • You will pass through a set of traffic lights, round a few bends and then you will come to a mini roundabout.
  • Take the first exit left at the mini roundabout.
  • After a few hundred yards turn right into The Heads
  • Head SouthEast on The Heads
  • Turn Left to stay on the Heads
  • Turn left at Heads Rd
  • Turn right at Tithebarn St
  • Take the 1st left onto A5271/Main St
    Continue to follow A5271
  • Continue onto B5289/High Hill
    Continue to follow B5289
  • Turn left at A66
  • Take the 1st left
  • Crow Park will be on your right

    • By Bus and Train
    Keswick has bus links with Ambleside to the south, Carlisle to the north, Penrith to the east (to West Coast main line trains) and Cockermouth and Workington to the west. Visit the Stagecoach website for timetable information.

    Car Parking

    The closest car parking to the Adventure Base is the Theatre By The Lake car park which is adjacent to Crow Park.  This is a pay and display car park but does have limited capacity. There are other car parks in Keswick which can also be used.

     Otley Road Car Park
    Maximum stay 24 hours
    Capacity 87

    Bell Close Car Park
    Maximum stay 3hours
    Capacity 121
    disabled spaces 8

    Central Car Park
    Maximum stay 24 hours
    Capacity 334
    Disabled spaces 5

    Lakeside Car Park
    Capacity 253
    Disabled spaces 6
    Coach bays 4

    Rawnsley Hall Car Park

    Keswick Football Club Car Park

    Coach Park, Tithebarn Street Keswick