Allan Bank

Allan Bank is a grade II listed two-storey villa standing on high ground slightly to the west of Grasmere village in the heart of the Lake District. It is best known for being from 1808 to 1811 the home of William Wordsworth, but it was also occupied…

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Type: Manor estate
Description: Grade II listed building in Lakes, South Lakeland, Cumbria, LA22
Address: Easedale Road, Grasmere, LA22 9QB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere and Dale Lodge Hotel.

St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere

Church

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St Oswald's Church is an active Anglican parish church in the village of Grasmere, in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building and is notable for associations with the poet William Wordsworth and his family, and for its annual ceremony of rushbearing. St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Allan Bank.

Dale Lodge Hotel

Hotel

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Dale Lodge is a historic hotel in the village of Grasmere, in the English county of Cumbria. It was built in the early 1800s, and was a private residence until about 1900. Dale Lodge Hotel is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Allan Bank.

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". Dove Cottage is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Allan Bank.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grasmere and Kelbarrow.

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.

Kelbarrow

Locality

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Kelbarrow is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located in close proximity to Grasmere, with views of Grasmere Lake.

Chapel Stile

Village

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Chapel Stile is a village in Cumbria, England, located approximately 5 miles northwest of Ambleside, within the Langdale valley. It contains a school, Holy Trinity church, the Co-op and the Wainwrights' Inn, and a quarry is located in the vicinity. Chapel Stile is situated 1½ miles southwest of Allan Bank.

Allan Bank

Categories: villa, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.46017° or 54° 27′ 37″ north

Longitude

-3.02978° or 3° 1′ 47″ west

Operator

National Trust

Open location code

9C6RFX6C+33

OpenStreetMap ID

way 163028907

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=manor

Wikidata ID

Q26561893

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