Dove Cottage Grasmere

A591, 1 mi south of Grasmere Grasmere , Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom - Phone: 015394 35544

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    Quick Lakes stop

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    ... visit to the Lakes and our first climb up Scafell Pike.  Sunday - we spent the day visiting Grasmere and it's many offerings.  Dove cottage is most famous for being one of Wordsworth's former homes and they have kept a lot the same as it ...

  • 2

    The Lake District

    ... 't know the name how about you pick up a book sometime. He is a rather famous poet. We took a tour of his home (Dove Cottage), say his grave, and then went to the Wordsworth museum. Alright I won't bore you with anymore literature stuff. Probably the ...

  • 3

    Gingerbread

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    ... that was built in 1729. In 1827 it was bought by William Wordsworth for his son Willie.  Wordsworth lived at nearby Dove Cottage, then moved to Rydal Mount after he became Poet Laureate of England.  The gardens here are absolutely lovely with ...

  • 4

    No wonder the Lake Poets were so inspired!

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    ... and the grasses are still valued by current members (even though they no longer have a dirt floor). Our next stop was Dove Cottage, where Wordsworth lived during his "golden decade" along with his sister Dorothy.  The house was constructed in the ...

  • 5

    Grasmere & Dove Cottage

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    Ayo! Wednesday our group of abroad kids took a field trip to Grasmere and Dove Cottage.  Grasmere's this small town in the middle of the Lake District in Northern England.  Meaning we dragged ourselves to onto a coach bus at 8:55 that morning ...