Wordsworth Walk

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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 &

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 , 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, , Cumbria LA23 3PG