Wordsworth Walk
START POINT GRASMERE
DISTANCE/SUITABILITY 5 MILES, EASY, SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN AND DOGS.
PARKING VARIOUS PAY & DISPLAYS IN GRASMERE VILLAGE
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General description
Good views over Grasmere & Rydal. Combine with visits to dove cottage &
Rydal mount for a full day out. In Grasmere, stock up on the famous Grasmere gingerbread, and visit the Heaton Cooper studio for paintings of
the area.
Directions
• Starting in Grasmere, leave the village and walk to the mini roundabout at the south end of the village
• Cross the road and take the first road on the left, almost opposite the roundabout, to go past dove cottage and museum.
• Continue up the road, at a junction bear left
• Pass a small tarn, and the road becomes a track. At the end of this continue to the right along a terraced walk, with views over Rydal.
• At the end of the track, turn right down a road to pass Rydal mount.
• Cross the main road, walk right for a short distance and then go through a gate, to cross a footbridge.
• Turn right and follow the banks of the river and then Rydal water, on a clear path.
• Lookout for a gate in the wall on your right. Go through this and descend to a footbridge. Do not cross this, but instead turn left on the banks of the river.
• Follow this to the shores of Grasmere, and continue on to a small boathouse and fence, where the path goes up to a road, turn right and follow the road back to Grasmere village.
Dove cottage: Wordsworth’s home from1799 to 1809
T. 015395 31344 Rydal mount: Wordsworth’s home from 1813 to 1850 E. [email protected] W. www.parkcliffe.co.uk Grasmere church: Wordsworth is buried here
Birks Road, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3PG