Visitor attractions and information for
Grasmere
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 Dove
Cottage / The Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere, Cumbria. LA22 9SH.
Tel: 015394 35544 - Dove Cottage was the home of the Romantic
poet William Wordsworth. Some seventy thousand visitors now come
to see the cottage and its gardens every year. Attached to Dove
Cottage, the award winning museum contains much of Wordsworth's
work, as well as a collection of early watercolour paintings
of the Lake District. In
the centre of Grasmere. |
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Lake Windermere is the largest natural lake
in England, according to Wordsworth "None of the other Lakes
unfold so many fresh beauties". Rowboats are available for
hire, with stylish steamers and vintage cruisers to Lakeside
in the south and Waterhead at the northern end. There is a ferry
service across the lake to Sawrey giving access to the western
side of the lake and Beatrix Potter's former home at Hill Top.
About 5 miles south of
Grasmere. |
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Hill
Top, Near Sawrey, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 0LF Tel:
015394 36269 Delightful small 17th-century house where Beatrix
Potter wrote many of her famous children's stories. Hill Top
is managed by the National Trust. About 8 miles south of Grasmere. |
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ARMITT LIBRARY & MUSEUM, AMBLESIDE Tel:
015394 31212 - a unique place combining Library and Museum, scholarship
and fun, art and entertainment. A superb collection of books
and manuscripts, drawings and paintings, memorabilia and archaeological
objects relating to an extraordinary gallery of famous Lake District
characters. About 3 miles
east of Grasmere. |
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Townend,
Troutbeck, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1LB Tel: 015394 32628 - A
well-preserved 17th century yeoman farmer's house, complete with
original furniture and decorative woodwork., a National Trust
property. About a mile and a half southeast of Grasmere. |
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Rydal Mount and Gardens, Rydal, Near Ambleside,
Cumbria, LA22 9LU. Tel: 015394 33002 - The Wordsworth Family
moved into Rydal Mount in 1813 and rented the house continually
for 46 years until the death of Mary Wordsworth in 1859. Rydal
Mount was the largest house the Wordsworths lived in and became
a much-loved family home. About
3 miles east of Grasmere. |
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