Grassings Plantation

Places of Interest

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".

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.

Loughrigg Fell

Peak

Photo: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Loughrigg Fell is a hill in the central part of the English Lake District. It stands on the end of the long ridge coming down from High Raise over Silver How towards Ambleside, and is separated from its neighbours by the depression of Red Bank.

Places in the Area

Grasmere

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Grasmere is a lakeside village in the Lake District National Park, best known as the home to poet William Wordsworth.

Ambleside

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

Hawkshead

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Hawkshead is a picturesque village in Lake District National Park. It is the smallest true town in Britain.

Grassings Plantation

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Forests to Discover

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