Rydal Water
Rydal Water is a small body of water in the central part of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is located near the hamlet of Rydal, between Grasmere and Ambleside in the Rothay Valley.Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rydal Mount and White Moss House.
Rydal Mount
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Rydal Mount is a house in the small village of Rydal, near Ambleside in the English Lake District. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1813 to his death in 1850, and his sister, the author, poet, and diarist Dorothy Wordsworth, until her death in 1855.
White Moss House
Hotel
Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
White Moss House is situated at the north end of Rydal Water in the English Lake District. William Wordsworth bought White Moss House when he moved from Dove Cottage in Grasmere to Rydal Mount.
Dove Cottage
Museum
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Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent over eight years of "plain living, but high thinking".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rydal and Grasmere.
Rydal
Village
Photo: Cmyk, Public domain.
Rydal is a village in Cumbria, England. It is a small cluster of houses, a hotel, and St Mary's Church, on the A591 road midway between Ambleside and Grasmere.
Grasmere
Photo: alancleaver, CC BY 2.0.
Grasmere is a lakeside village in the Lake District National Park, best known as the home to poet William Wordsworth.
Kelbarrow
Locality
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kelbarrow is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located in close proximity to Grasmere, with views of Grasmere Lake. Kelbarrow is situated 1½ miles west of Rydal Water.
Rydal Water
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Rydal Water” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rydal Water”
- Chinese: “萊達爾湖”
- Dutch: “Rydal Water”
- French: “Rydal Water”
- German: “Rydal Water”
- Italian: “Rydal Water”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rydal Water”
- Swedish: “Rydal Water”
- Venetian: “Rydal Water”
- Western Panjabi: “رائڈلواٹر”
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