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Below is a list of Grasmere Attractions with
Websites, Photos, Phone Numbers, Information and
links to Maps and Reviews.
The Grasmere Attractions are listed by closest to
Grasmere.
Click on the Postcodes for Maps and Reviews.
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Dove Cottage
On the south side of Grasmere, across the main road
from the village. This was the home of William
Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy from 1799 to 1808.
This period is said to be when Wordsworth wrote some
of his finest works. The cottage is now run as a
museum, and there is a larger building close by that
holds more Wordsworth exhibitions. Phone number 01539
435 544 .
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St Oswald's Church
In the centre of Grasmere, across the road from the
Garden Centre. The earliest parts of the church are
believed to be from the 1200s. The poet William
Wordsworth and his wife were buried in the churchyard
in the 1850s. Their graves are at the rear of the
church. The nave holds a memorial for William
Wordsworth.
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Grasmere Garden
Village
In the village centre. The garden centre combines a
vast range of plants, serves hot and cold fresh food,
sells books, clothes and local produce. Phone number
01539 435 255.
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The Storytellers Garden and Gift
Shop
In the centre of Grasmere close to the Church. This
National Trust property and garden is where family
storytelling performances take place throughout the
year, at holidays and arranged events. Musicians and
jugglers also perform, and at night, braziers and
torches are used to create an interesting
atmosphere.
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Gingerbread Shop & Wordsworth
Daffodil Garden
Sarah Nelson’s Grasmere Gingerbread in the centre of
Grasmere by the Church. The shop was built in 1630 to
serve as the village school. Sarah Nelson began
baking Gingerbread here for the Victorian tourists in
the 1850s. Her gingerbread soon became famous, and is
still made to her recipe today. The Wordsworth
Daffodil Garden was opened in 2003, it has views of
Wordsworth's grave and the River Rothay. Phone number
01539 435 428.
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Heaton Cooper Studio
In the centre of Grasmere by Red Lion Square, centre
of Grasmere with shops and cafe's. The Studio has
three galleries showing the work of the Heaton Cooper
family of artists. William Heaton Cooper published
his first print in 1940 named Wind and Sun,
Wastwater. The collection now has more than a hundred
prints by the different artists in the family. Phone
number 01539 435 280.
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Allan Bank
A restored Georgian mansion on the north side of
Grasmere via a road from the village centre. William
Wordsworth lived at Allan Bank from 1808 to 1810. The
National Trust now run the house with it being first
opened to the public in 2012 with interesting
woodland walks. Tel; 01539 435 143.
Website . Walk .
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Fairyland
A cafe and boating hire venue at the north end of
Grasmere Lake on Red Bank Road, a short walk past the
Garden Centre and Grand at Grasmere Hotel. Fairyland
is right next to the Silver How hiking trail, and the
walking trail around Grasmere Lake. This is a really
scenic and peaceful spot with great views. Tel: 01539
435 060.
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Rydal Mount
3 miles south of Grasmere in the very small village
of Rydal. This was William Wordsworth's family home
from 1813 to his death in 1850. Attractions are the
House, Gardens, and Tearoom. Rydal Church is also
worth visiting to see the pews where the Wordsworth
family worshiped. Phone number 01539 433 002.
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Rydal Hall
3 miles south of Grasmere in the very small village
of Rydal. The hall is now operated as a Retreat and
Holiday Centre. You can visit the gardens free of
charge, doantions can be made. There is also the Old
Schoolroom Teashop that is popular with visitors.
Phone number 01539 432 050.
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