The Cumberland Pencil Museum is home to the biggest colouring pencil

Pencil

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 in the world, the idea of technical manager

Technical director

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 Barbara Murray. It was completed on 28 May 2001, is 7.91 metres (26 ft) long, and weighs 446.36 kilograms (984.1 lb).

The first pencil factory of Keswick

Keswick, Cumbria

Keswick is a market town and civil parish within the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It had a population of 4,984, according to the 2001 census, and is situated just north of Derwent Water, and a short distance from Bassenthwaite Lake, both in the Lake District National Park...

 opened in 1832. The second and current factory was started in the 1920s and completed in 1950. The museum opened 25 years ago and 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. It has been frequented recently by local 'stars' such as singer and lyricist John Bennett

John Bennett

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External links

• Cumberland Pencil Museum - official site