White Moss Quarry

White Moss Quarry is a quarry in Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, England. White Moss Quarry is situated nearby to the hotel White Moss House, as well as near the nature reserve White Moss Common.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include White Moss House and Dove Cottage.

White Moss House

Hotel

Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

White Moss House is situated at the north end of Rydal Water in the English Lake District. William Wordsworth bought White Moss House when he moved from Dove Cottage in Grasmere to Rydal Mount. White Moss House is situated 770 feet east of White Moss Quarry.

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 2,500 feet northwest of White Moss Quarry.

Nab Scar

Peak

Nab Scar is a fell in the English Lake District, an outlier of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It stands above Rydal Water.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grasmere and Rydal.

Grasmere

Photo: alancleaver, CC BY 2.0.

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

Rydal

Village

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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.