Walk from Derwent Bank - Old Railway Line
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If you don't want to do too much ascent you can walk along the old railway trail from Keswick to Threlkeld. If you don't want to walk both ways you can catch the X4/X5 bus back.
The Cockermouth Keswick & Penrith Railway was built between 1862-64. The route follows the river Greta and there were 8 bridges crossing the Greta. These pioneering bowstring structures were engineered by Thomas Bouch who impressed people so much he went on to design the Tay bridge.
Some of the bridges, like this one, had the bowstring girders under the bridge so they did not impede the view of the passengers.
Other Walks from Derwent Bank
- Cat Bells
- Walk around Derwentwater
- Seatoller
- Lodore
- Causey Pike, Outerside, Stile End and Barrow
- Old Keswick railway line
- Latrigg
- Whinlatter Forest
- Skiddaw
- Blencathra
| For main page about staying at Derwent Bank see the page here. |
Other Documents on this site
Click on the following for more information
| Former HF Houses | |
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| Conwy (1914- 2011) |  |
| Newlands (1914- 1987) |  |
| Swanage (1947- 1995) |  |
| Isle of Arran (1925- ) |  |
| Scarborough (1954- 1998) |  |
| Lulworth |  |
| Beddgelert |  |
| New Inns |  |
| Penrith |  |
| Milford-on-Sea |  |
About This SiteHere is some information I have gathered together about getting to and walking from HF houses when leaving the car at home. On these pages I have also put some history about former HF houses I have visited. The information here is based on my visits to HF houses over the years. It may be out of date so don't rely on anything here without checking. If you find any errors why not let others know by putting a post on the HF Holiday Fans ( unofficial) Facebook forum. I will try to quote such posts here so they don't get lost. This is information I have discovered over the years which would have been useful to know before. Unfortunately the travel information on the HF website, for getting to houses by public transport, is poor. I think it would be better if the information on this page were on the HF website. |
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