Keswick is an English market community and a civil church, traditionally in Cumberland, and also considering that 1974 in the District of Allerdale in Cumbria. Lying within the Lake District National Park, Keswick is just north of Derwentwater and also is 4 miles (6.4 km) from Bassenthwaite Lake. It had a population of 5,243 at the 2011 census. There is proof of prehistoric line of work of the area, but the very first recorded reference of the town dates from the 13th century, when Edward I of England gave a charter for Keswick's market, which has actually maintained a continual 700-year existence. The town was a vital mining area, as well as from the 18th century has actually been referred to as a holiday centre; tourist has actually been its principal sector for greater than 150 years. Its features consist of the Moot Hall; a modern-day theatre, the Theatre by the Lake; one of Britain's oldest enduring cinemas, the Alhambra; and also the Keswick Museum and also Art Gallery in the community's largest open space, Fitz Park. Amongst the community's annual events is the Keswick Convention, an Evangelical gathering bring in visitors from lots of countries. Keswick became commonly recognized for its organization with the poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and also Robert Southey. Together with their fellow Lake Poet William Wordsworth, based at Grasmere, 12 miles (19 kilometres) away, they made the picturesque appeal of the area widely known to readers in Britain as well as past. In the late 19th century as well as into the 20th, Keswick was the focus of a number of important campaigns by the expanding preservation movement, usually led by Hardwicke Rawnsley, vicar of the neighboring Crosthwaite church and also co-founder of the National Trust, which has developed considerable holdings in the location.