Derwent Pencil Museum

The first pencil factory, owned by the Cumberland Pencil Company, opened in Keswick in 1832. The second and current factory was started in the 1920s and completed in 1950 and closed in 2007 when production was moved to Workington. The museum opened in 1981 and is home to one of the biggest colouring pencils in the world, the idea of technical manager Barbara Murray. The yellow pencil was completed on 28 May 2001, is long, and weighs . In addition, the museum features a replica of a Seathwaite graphite mine. The museum now receives over 80,000 visitors a year from all around the world. It is particularly popular with visitors from the county of Yorkshire, due to the importance of pencil production for the local economy during the 1930s. The museum features as one of the locations in the 2012 film Sightseers. == Storm Desmond ==

In December 2015, the museum was badly damaged by several feet of flood water when the River Greta broke its banks as a result of Storm Desmond == Gallery ==

File:The newlook Pencil Museum in Keswick.jpg|The tip of the world's largest pencil File:Pencil Crayons (8009715426).jpg|Lakeland pencils at the Pencil Museum File:Assorted Pencils (8006714246).jpg|Pencil boxes File:Coloured Pencils (8009543152).jpg|Coloured pencils File:Cambridge Pencil Humidity Recorder (8010032412).jpg|Pencil humidity recorder == See also ==