Keswick is an English market town and also a civil church, traditionally in Cumberland, and given that 1974 in the District of Allerdale in Cumbria. Existing within the Lake District National Forest, Keswick is simply north of Derwentwater and also is 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) from Bassenthwaite Lake. It had a population of 5,243 at the 2011 census. There is evidence of prehistoric occupation of the location, yet the initial recorded reference of the town dates from the 13th century, when Edward I of England provided a charter for Keswick's market, which has maintained a constant 700-year presence. The town was an important mining location, and from the 18th century has been called a vacation centre; tourist has actually been its principal sector for more than 150 years. Its functions consist of the Moot Hall; a contemporary theatre, the Theatre by the Lake; one of Britain's earliest surviving cinemas, the Alhambra; and the Keswick Museum and also Art Gallery in the community's biggest open space, Fitz Park. Amongst the community's annual occasions is the Keswick Convention, an Evangelical gathering attracting visitors from numerous 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 scenic elegance of the location widely recognized to visitors in Britain and also past. In the late 19th century and also into the 20th, Keswick was the focus of numerous important campaigns by the growing conservation activity, often led by Hardwicke Rawnsley, vicar of the neighboring Crosthwaite parish and also co-founder of the National Trust, which has accumulated comprehensive holdings in the location.