Next door to Dove Cottage, Wordsworth’s first family home, is the Wordsworth Museum, which houses an unsurpassed collection of the Wordsworths’ letters, journals and poems. Expect to find objects, maps, pictures and interactive displays alongside a busy exhibitions programme.
Opening times vary depending on season – see website for details.
Find out how the first tourists to the Lake District (a time before mobile phones, specialist clothing and TripAdvisor reviews) experienced the area, in this fascinating new exhibition.
from £6.00
Jingle all the way to the Father Christmas Tea Party at a magical winter wonderland.
from £7.50
This art exhibit pays tribute to the often forgotten Women’s Timber Corps (1942), who took up axes and saws to help with the war effort.
free entry
Following the success of The Secret Garden in 2017, the team present another Frances Hodgson Burnett classic. Suitable for children aged 6+ and the perfect Christmas outing.
from £12.00
Find out what happens when the boy cries ‘WOLF’ in this magical winter production.
from £10.00
Light and Land explores the relationships between people and place in this beautiful exhibition, archiving the ever-changing social and environmental landscapes of Cumbria.
free entry
Signalling a new direction for Abbot Hall, this major solo exhibition will include thirty years of work by renowned landscape artist Julie Brook.
£9.00
Join Lake District White Water Rafting for an unforgettable aquatic experience in both the North and South Lakes.
from £59.00
From book launches to writing groups to poetry nights, there’s always something going on at Wordsworth Grasmere.
Dove Cottage is where William Wordsworth lived and wrote, and where the Wordsworth Trust continues that work today with poets in residence and public programmes.
Lake District accommodation that manages to be luxurious and environmentally friendly at the same time.
Award-winning small bookshop in the Lake District. Est. by Sam Read in 1887. Run by Will Smith and Polly Atkin.
Roundabout will take place on the village green opposite Heaton Cooper Studio, Broadgate, Grasmere
A luxurious four star hotel in Grasmere, in the heart of the Lake District.
We love the fantastic Forest Side Restaurant. Attached to the historic Forest Side Hotel in Grasmere, this is one of the best places to eat in Cumbria.
Once home to William Wordsworth, this historic villa now combines a small, informal art gallery with a giant indoor mural space.
Tucked away in a remote corner of the Lake District is Kurt Schwitter’s Merzbarn, an artistic epitaph to the avant garde ‘godfather of modern art’.
Full of interesting and unusual objects, The Armitt is a museum that shares the history and heritage of Ambleside and its people.
Visible from miles around the spire of St Mary’s nestles into the beautiful landscape of the Lake District.
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