• Located in Keswick, the home of the first pencil, visitors enter this museum through a replica graphite mine which would have served as the source of the pencil...
  • The Derwent Pencil Museum is next to the former Cumberland Pencils factory in Keswick and has been a popular museum in Keswick for decades.
  • Derwent Pencil Museum, the home of the first pencil, and the Cumberland Pencil Company, manufacturers of Derwent pencil perfection since 1832.
  • The little museum alongside the Cumberland factory will tell you the whole story, and they have the world’s largest colored pencil too boot.
  • 10,667 likes · 21 talking about this · 7,752 were here. The Pencil Museum is home to 500 years of history of pencil manufacture in the UK.
  • Neither did we, but the Derwent Pencil museum is a celebration of all things graphite based and actually makes a fun and affordable family day out.
  • Derwent Pencil Museum (previously Cumberland Pencil Museum), situated in Keswick, Cumbria, in the heart of the Lake District, is a great all weather attraction...
  • The story of graphite and of pencil-making in the local area is brought to life at the Cumberland Pencil Museum, on the site of the Cumberland Pencil...
  • The Cumberland Pencil Museum officially known as Derwent Pencil Museum now is located in the village of Keswick inside the Lake District National Park in...
  • If you would like to explore some of the other attractions in the area then take a look at the self-catering cottages near Derwent Pencil Museum available from...