Ideas for Keswick in the rain with 14 year old

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Hi, we are booked to go to Keswick for the week on Wednesday but the forecast is rain, rain, and more rain! Does anyone have any suggestions for activities a 14 year old boy might like and preferably (for me!) any which are indoors in the dry? Thanks x

To be honest. Bring rain coats and just get stuck in. Rain is part of life here hah!!

However I can highly reccomend the Lakeland marine life centre and Dalton Zoo. Also the steam train/boats are really fun. Wray Castle is a fab day out too!!!

Kong Centre in Keswick has an indoor climbing wall and other activities.

Puzzling Place is mildly entertaining for an hour, full of optical illusions.

Further afield there is a cinema at the Rheged Centre near Penrith and the cafe there does nice pizza. Escape room at Workington.

Alternatively, embrace the rain and go Ghyll Scrambling? Loads of activity companies offer it.

We live locally and tend to wrap up in waterproofs and go out anyway. There isn't a plethora of indoor activities available.

The slate mine indoor climbing thing at Honnister Pass. I haven’t done it but have seen photos and it looks good. Mountain biking at Whinlatter.

Yep, slate mine. I’m not going to suggest the pencil museum....

@DepressedDD

The slate mine indoor climbing thing at Honnister Pass. I haven’t done it but have seen photos and it looks good. Mountain biking at Whinlatter.

I've done that in fair weather in the rain it would be let's say interesting.

Paddle boarding on the lake would be great

Oh indoor climbing centre at Kendal is brilliant

If it’s that wet just go all in and do something in the water like kayaking or paddle boarding.

@littlebilliie. Not the via ferrata thing…..they have something actually inside the mine now so would stay dry in the rain.

Think there might be a swimming pool in Keswick, never been to it though.

I am in Keswick in 2 weeks and am hoping to go Ghyll Scrambling. It looks like so much fun and a bit of rain will make no difference! DD did it on a school trip 4 years ago and loved it.

Many thanks everyone - great suggestions x

@Titsywoo

I am in Keswick in 2 weeks and am hoping to go Ghyll Scrambling. It looks like so much fun and a bit of rain will make no difference! DD did it on a school trip 4 years ago and loved it.

Rain can make all the difference and it can become unsafe

Don’t go to the pencil museum. It’s a trap designed to snare the wet tourist and is unremittingly tedious. Just take a raincoat.

Keswick,
You need appropriate clothes and go out anyway!

Swimming pool isn't bad. My dd loves the pencil museum

But as others have said take waterproofs and wellies and get stuck in.

Also it rarely rains ALL day. My dcs are there now and weather has been better than the forecast.

We went years ago and all enjoyed the pencil museum much more than we expected to!

www.derwentart.com/en-gb/c/about/company/derwent-pencil-museum/derwent-pencil-museum-opening-times-prices

Don’t go to the pencil museum. It’s a trap designed to snare the wet tourist and is unremittingly tedious. Just take a raincoat.
Haha! Just what is says on the tin then? 😂

The swimming pool has closed. It got filled with algae during Covid and the council can't afford to fix the filter system.

Many thanks everyone for all of your suggestions - the weather forecast looks a bit better too and I'm looking forward to going x

Oh dear, I liked the pencil museum

I always think the Lake District is at its best in rain. It's unnerving when you go and everywhere is hot and dry.

Another vote fir the pencil museum, not as dull as it sounds. We loved it.