The Grot

The Grot is a building in Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, England. The Grot is situated nearby to The Quiet Garden, as well as near the park Formal Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rydal Hall and Rydal Mount.

Rydal Hall

Hotel

Photo: Jpbowen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rydal Hall is a large detached house on the outskirts of the village of Rydal, Cumbria, in the English Lake District. It has an early nineteenth-century front facade, but includes some earlier fabric.

Rydal Mount

Residential building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rydal Mount is a house in the small village of Rydal, Cumbria, near Ambleside in the English Lake District. It was the home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1813 until his death in 1850, and his sister, the author, poet, and diarist Dorothy Wordsworth, until her death in 1855. Rydal Mount is situated 810 feet west of The Grot.

Pelter Bridge

Bridge

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Pelter Bridge is situated 1,200 feet south of The Grot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rydal and Ambleside.

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.

Ambleside

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ambleside is a town in Cumbria. It is located at the head of Windermere, England’s largest lake, within the Lake District National Park.

Clappersgate

Hamlet

Photo: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clappersgate is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in the county of Cumbria, England. Clappersgate is located on the B5286 road and on the River Brathay. Clappersgate is situated 1½ miles south of The Grot.

The Grot

Type: Tourist attraction
Categories: building and tourism
Location: Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.44845° or 54° 26′ 54″ north

Longitude

-2.97864° or 2° 58′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C6VC2XC+9G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1124686676

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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