The Keswick area offers outstanding beauty which has to be seen to be believed, the clean mountain air and the picture postcard views make it the heart of the Lake district.

Hope park (a one minute walk from Parkfield Guest house) with its stunning seasonal florla displays and 9 hole pitch and putt golf course provides a beautiful quiet idyll to sit and relax.

The area is also notable as one of the few parts of England where the Red Squirrel can still be found because of local protection policies.

Nature and wildlife enthusiasts may also wish to visit the Forestry Commission's Whinlatter Visitor Centre, which is situated north west of Keswick. Here it is possible to view a pair of ospreys who have returned to the same nest every year since 2001 and are due to return in April 2009. They have so far successfully raised eight chicks.

Local events include....

Words by the Water Literature Feastive (5th - 14th March 2010) www.wayswitchwords.co.uk

Easter Weekend - Various local events (2nd - 5th April 2010) www.keswick.org

Keswick Half Marathon & Fun Runs (weekend of 3rd May 2010) www.keswickhalfmarthon.co.uk

The 19th Jennings Keswick Jazz Festival (13th - 16th May 2010) www.keswickjazzfestival.co.uk

Keswick Mountain Festival (19th - 23rd May 2010)  www.keswickmountainfestival.co.uk

Keswick Christian Convention (17th July - 6th August 2010)  www.keswickministries.org

Cockermouth Agricultural Show (31st July 2010)   www.cockermouthshow.co.uk

For a fantistic stay in Florida Parkfield highly recommends www.floridalakeviewvilla.co.uk