Keswick has always attracted visitors from 19C Romantic poets and artists to the fell walking tourists of today.  Issued with a market charter by Edward 1, Keswick (which means ‘cheese farm’) now holds an outdoor market every Saturday and most Thursdays around the Moot Hall in the centre of the town.  It also hosts a number of festivals to include the famous Keswick Convention, an annual Jazz Festival and the literary Words on Water.   In addition to styling itself as the outdoor clothing capital centre of England, Keswick continues to have a number of established local businesses which include a good butcher, a specialist cheese shop, old fashioned sweet shops and a real ice-cream shop. Although often busy the town still has some magical corners and The Castlerigg Stone Circle, beautiful Derwentwater and the Jaws of Borrowdale are all within its view.