Keswick Lodge -  a potted history

In the eighteenth century, The Keswick Lodge was part of The Royal Oak Hotel - an ancient hostelry renowned for being the centre of the ‘social life of Keswick’. Dominating the Main Street, its impressive ballroom attracted the rich and famous from miles around.

From The Royal Oak sprouted Keswick Lodge - an informal meeting house where, in Victorian times, the likes of Coleridge and Wordsworth planted their literary roots. The Keswick Lodge soon became infamous as a halting place for so many of the Romantic poets of the time - Tennyson, Ruskin, Shelley, and Southey - the carved plaque on the wall outside our Inn still paying testimony to this fact.  Even Beatrix Potter used the area to gain inspiration for some of her books – amazing - so many literary greats in one paragraph! 
It really is a place rich not only in picture postcard views, but also in its Romantic literary heritage – a part we’re very proud to play.

Beautifully refurbished, yet with much of its original character still preserved, The Keswick Lodge is an ideal base for literary pilgrims to trace the quills of the great Romantic poets - or to simply sit back and enjoy the inspirational landscapes.

Take a look at some of our other accommodation available in other towns.

Penny Street Bridge, Lancaster

The Fernhurst, Blackburn

The Lister Arms, Malham

The Dibbinsdale, The Wirral