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Ambleside

Ambleside is a town in . It is located at the head of Windermere, England’s largest lake, within the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ambleside Roman Fort and Armitt Library.

Archaeological site
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is the modern name given to the remains of a fort of the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins have been tentatively identified as those of either Galava or Clanoventa, mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.

Museum
The Armitt Museum, also known as the Armitt Museum and Library, is an independent museum and library, founded in Ambleside in by Mary Louisa Armitt in 1909. It is a registered charity under English law.

Garden
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is a woodland garden situated south of Ambleside, in , , and in the ownership of the National Trust. The garden is noted for its shrubs, including rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rydal and Clappersgate.

Village
Photo: Cmyk, Public domain.
is a village in , England. It is a small cluster of houses, a hotel, and St Mary's Church, on the A591 road midway between Ambleside and .

Hamlet
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is a village in the Unitary Authority, in the county of , England. is located on the B5286 road and on the .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in parish in , England. Historically part of , the hamlet lies close to on the south bank of the , and is about 0.9 miles south west of Ambleside.

Ambleside

Latitude
54.432° or 54° 25′ 55″ north
Longitude
-2.9631° or 2° 57′ 47″ west
Population
2,530
Elevation
223 feet (68 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB AML
Open location code
9C6VC2JP+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27160069
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2657360
Wiki­data ID
Q391805
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Ambleside” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ambleside”
  • Azerbaijani: “Emblsayd”
  • Basque: “Ambleside”
  • Breton: “Ambleside”
  • Bulgarian: “Амблесиде”
  • Cebuano: “Ambleside”
  • Chinese: “安布賽德”
  • Danish: “Ambleside”
  • Dutch: “Ambleside”
  • French: “Ambleside”
  • Galician: “Ambleside”
  • German: “Ambleside”
  • Greek: “Άμπλσαϊντ”
  • Irish: “Ambleside”
  • Italian: “Ambleside”
  • Japanese: “アンブルサイド”
  • Ladin: “Ambleside”
  • Malay: “Ambleside”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ambleside”
  • Persian: “امبلساید”
  • Piemontese: “Ambleside”
  • Polish: “Ambleside”
  • Portuguese: “Ambleside”
  • Russian: “Амблсайд”
  • Russian: “Эмблсайд”
  • Slovenian: “Ambleside”
  • South Azerbaijani: “امبلساید”
  • Spanish: “Ambleside”
  • Swedish: “Ambleside”
  • Urdu: “ایمبلسائڈ”
  • Volapük: “Ambleside”
  • Welsh: “Ambleside”
  • Western Frisian: “Ambleside”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ambleside”. Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.