Grassings Plantation

Grassings Plantation is a forest in Skelwith, Westmorland and Furness, England. Grassings Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Dry Close, as well as near The How.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dove Cottage and 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".

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.

Silver How

Peak

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Silver How is a fell in the English Lake District, standing over the village of Grasmere. How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, is a common local term for a hill or mound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grasmere and Ambleside.