William Wordsworth: Morning Half Day Tour with an Expert Guide
Features
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
3.7 hours
- Relaxed and friendly small-group tour of no more than 7 guests
- Comfortable minivans with air-conditioning, WiFi and charging points for most mobile devices
- Regular photo / comfort stops
- Entry into Dove Cottage is included in the price
- Professional Guides share their expertise of all the fascinating facts and stories in English
- Food and drinks
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The English Lake District weather can change quickly, even in the summer months. Please bring a waterproof coat with a hood in case of rain or windy weather
This tour takes you to:
• Grasmere Village where William Wordsworth lived.
• Church Stile the former inn where William Wordsworth, his brother John and fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge stayed for several days during their Lake District tour in 1797.
• Grasmere Gingerbread Shop where Sarah Nelson invented the...
- Duration 3 Hours and 40 Minutes
- Group Tour
- Max 7 people in the group
- 1
St Oswald's Church
Our tour starts with a drive to Grasmere Village. Here you will see St Oswald's Church and the Wordsworth family graves which are one of the most visited places in the Lake District.
Grasmere is also the name of a lake just outside the village itself. 'The loveliest spot that...
- Duration 35 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 2
Allan Bank
Wordsworth's family quickly expanded, with the arrival of three children in four years, and so they left Dove Cottage in 1808 to seek larger lodgings at Allan Bank on a hill overlooking the village. We will get to see this from the outside.
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 3
The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop
Next to St Oswalds is the Grasmere Gingerbread Shop. We will take a quick look at it as we pass by.
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 4
Wordsworth Grasmere
We now move on to Dove Cottage on the outskirts of Grasmere village. Dove Cottage is where Wordsworth set up home with his sister Dorothy in 1799. There are big changes happening at the Wordsworth Museum and entry to Dove Cottage will be erratic in 2019. There will be times...
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included
- 5
Wordsworth Grasmere
The museum will be closed all year.
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 6
Lake Grasmere
We drive along the shore of Grasmere
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 7
Rydal Water
Our road now heads south passing Rydal Water and Nab Cottage. This was once home to Thomas de Quincey and later, Hartley Coleridge, the son of Wordsworth's old friend, Samuel Taylor Coleridge who rented the house in 1840 until his death there in 1849.
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 8
Rydal Mount & Gardens
After the death of two of their children, the Wordsworth family felt that they had to move away from Grasmere Rectory with its constant view of the graveyard where they were buried. In 1813, they moved to Rydal Mount. This was William Wordsworth's best loved family home for the greater...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included
- 9
Rydal Hall Gardens
There is an opportunity to visit the beautiful and tranquil Rydal Hall Gardens. Built in the 16th Century, Rydal Hall was the home of the le Fleming family, Wordsworth's landlords at Rydal Mount. The house has subsequently been much altered, including the addition of a Victorian south range. The formal...
- Duration 15 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 10
Dora's Field
Near to Rydal Mount is Rydal Church. The chapel of St Mary was built by Lady le Fleming, of Rydal Hall in 1824. William Wordsworth helped to choose the site, which was originally an orchard. The Wordsworth family and the family of the English poet Matthew Arnold, from nearby Fox...
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 11
The Bridge House
As we finish the tour and drive into Ambleside we pass the iconic Bridge House
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 12
Windermere
This is one of our pickup points
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 13
Bowness-on-Windermere
This is one of our pickup points
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 14
Ambleside
This is one of our pickup points
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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