Rydal Mount
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic house museum
- Address: Rydal, LA22 9LU
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rydal Hall and Glen Rothay Hotel.
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 Hall is situated 530 feet east of Rydal Mount.
Glen Rothay Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glen Rothay Hotel is situated 670 feet south of Rydal Mount.
Pelter Bridge
Bridge
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Pelter Bridge is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Rydal Mount.
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 2 miles south of Rydal Mount.
Rydal Mount
- Categories: historic house museum, building, tourism, and residential building
- Location: Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.44876° or 54° 26′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.9824° or 2° 58′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C6VC2X9+G2OpenStreetMap ID
way 157007659OpenStreetMap feature
building=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q782981
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Rydal Mount” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ռայդալ Մաունթ”
- Asturian: “Rydal Mount”
- Czech: “Rydal Mount”
- Dutch: “Rydal Mount”
- French: “Rydal Mount”
- German: “Rydal Mount”
- Interlingua: “Rydal Mount”
- Italian: “Rydal Mount”
- Japanese: “ライダル・マウント”
- Luxembourgish: “Rydal Mount”
- Polish: “Rydal Mount”
- Russian: “Райдал-Маунт”
- Slovak: “Rydal Mount”
- Swedish: “Rydal Mount”
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