Castlerigg is an area of
Keswick, Cumbria
Keswick ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Cumberland (unitary authority), Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. It lies within the Lake District National Park, just north of Derwentwater an ...
, England.
Castlerigg is named after a hill in the immediate area.
Until the early twentieth century much of the area, comprising a large part of Keswick, was owned by the family living at
Castlerigg Manor. Nowadays the Manor is a Catholic youth centre and only owns its own buildings and gardens.
The word 'Castlerigg' is used to refer to one of the points of interest in that area, such as those cited below:
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Castlerigg Hall
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Castlerigg Manor
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Castlerigg Stone Circle
Castlerigg Stone Circle (alternatively Keswick Carles, or Carles) is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. It is one of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and ...
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Keswick, Cumbria
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