Visitors to Keswick Convention are thrilled the event is on the combined Pencil Factory and Rawnsley sites for the very first time.
This is a momentous year as the three-week Convention has moved onto the Pencil Factory site which is undergoing a major transformation.
During the Convention (July 17 – August 6), meetings are being held in the factory’s former Packing Hall, as well as on the newly refurbished ground floor of the Pencil Factory and also a relay tent and youth tent on site. Keswick Methodist is also a relay venue.
A village green area has been created on the site with an awning, picnic benches and a huge chair, made from wooden beams from the former factory.