With some terrific road trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to enjoy all that Keswick, 16 miles away, has to offer. Derwentwater should be toward the top of your list here. Catbells Lakeland Walk and Cumberland Pencil Museum are terrific attractions too. Don’t miss Ambleside either! Just 25 miles away, Lake Windermere, World of Beatrix Potter and Bowness Pier are non-negotiable stops here.