Friar's Crag, Derwentwater

About

To some, including the famous writer, poet and great thinker John Ruskin, Friar's Crag represents Keswick's best view. Ten minutes walk along level paths from Keswick Lakeside car park and Crow Park is the viewpoint of Friar’s Crag; where from the bench on th eend you get an unbroken view of the length of Derwentwater, with views of Walla Crag fell on the left; Maiden Moor on the right and Castle Crag in the centre, at the far end of the lake.

There is a slate memorial to John Ruskin who once said "The first thing I remember was being taken by my nurse to the brow of Friar's Crag". He was also known to have said that the view from Friar's Crag "is one of the three or four most beautiful in Europe".