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William Wordsworth: Afternoon Half Day Tour with an Expert Guide 20% OFF
Windermere, Lake District, England, United Kingdom
$120.56
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Overview
The Lake District Tour offers an immersive journey through the picturesque landscapes that inspired William Wordsworth and his contemporaries. This 3-hour adventure showcases the beauty of Grasmere and Rydal, revealing the rich literary history of the region.
- 🏞️ Visit Grasmere Village, a charming spot with stunning views and historical significance.
- 🏰 Explore Church Stile, the former inn where Wordsworth and fellow poets stayed during their 1797 tour.
- 🍰 Stop by the Grasmere Gingerbread Shop, home of the famous "Grasmere Gingerbread," invented in 1854.
- ⛪ Discover the Wordsworth family graves at St Oswald's Church, a site of great reverence in the Lake District.
- 🏡 Tour Dove Cottage, where Wordsworth lived from 1799 to 1808, and learn about its literary significance.
- 🌊 Enjoy scenic views of Grasmere Lake, celebrated by Wordsworth as 'the loveliest spot that man hath ever found.'
- 🏠 Visit Rydal Mount, Wordsworth's beloved family home from 1813 until his death in 1850, featuring beautiful gardens.
- 🌳 Stroll through the tranquil Rydal Hall Gardens, designed by the renowned Thomas Mawson in 1909.
- 🌼 Explore Dora's Field, a memorial site where Wordsworth planted daffodils in honor of his daughter.
- 🚐 Enjoy comfortable transportation with air-conditioning, WiFi, and charging points, ensuring a pleasant journey.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Windermere Departure 2:00pm
Starting point:
Windermere, UK
Starting point:
Windermere, UK
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Departure and return to convenient, centrally located meeting points
- Professional Guides share their expertise of all the fascinating facts and stories in English
- Entry into Dove Cottage is included in the price
- Regular photo / comfort stops
- Comfortable minivans with air-conditioning, WiFi and charging points for most mobile devices
- Relaxed and friendly small-group tour of no more than 7 guests
- Food and drinks
Meeting point
If you have selected this option, your driver or guide will meet you outside of Ambleside Library on Kelsick Road. Postcode: LA22 0BZ What3Words: ///treaty.courier.constants They will be wearing an orange or black coat printed with our "EnglishLakesTours.com" logo
If you have selected this option, your driver or guide will meet you outside of Windermere Lake Cruises ticket office, in the pull-in area. Postcode: LA23 3HQ What3Words: ///upsetting.sport.mash They will be wearing an orange or black coat printed with our "EnglishLakesTours.com" logo
If you have selected this option, your driver or guide will meet you outside of Windermere Railway Station ticket office. Postcode: LA23 1AH What3Words: ///spreading.inflame.removes They will be wearing an orange or black coat printed with our "EnglishLakesTours.com" logo
Return details
If you have selected this option, your driver or guide will meet you outside of Ambleside Library on Kelsick Road. Postcode: LA22 0BZ What3Words: ///treaty.courier.constants They will be wearing an orange or black coat printed with our "EnglishLakesTours.com" logo
If you have selected this option, your driver or guide will meet you outside of Windermere Lake Cruises ticket office, in the pull-in area. Postcode: LA23 3HQ What3Words: ///upsetting.sport.mash They will be wearing an orange or black coat printed with our "EnglishLakesTours.com" logo
If you have selected this option, your driver or guide will meet you outside of Windermere Railway Station ticket office. Postcode: LA23 1AH What3Words: ///spreading.inflame.removes They will be wearing an orange or black coat printed with our "EnglishLakesTours.com" logo
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St Oswald's ChurchOur tour starts with a drive to Grasmere Village. Here you will see St Oswald's Church and the Wordsworth family graves which are one of the most visited places in the Lake District. Grasmere is also the name of a lake just outside the village itself. 'The loveliest spot that man hath ever found' is how Wordsworth described this most beautiful area of the Lake District. The small island in the middle of the lake was a favourite place which he often visited while he was living at Dove Cottage.
- Wordsworth's family quickly expanded, with the arrival of three children in four years, and so they left Dove Cottage in 1808 to seek larger lodgings at Allan Bank on a hill overlooking the village. We will get to see this from the outside. (pass by)
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The Grasmere Gingerbread ShopNext to St Oswalds is the Grasmere Gingerbread Shop. We will take a quick look at it as we pass by.
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Wordsworth GrasmereWe now move on to Dove Cottage on the outskirts of Grasmere village. Dove Cottage is where Wordsworth set up home with his sister Dorothy in 1799. There are big changes happening at the Wordsworth Museum and entry to Dove Cottage will be erratic in 2019. There will be times when the cottage is open and other times when they will have a virtual tour instead. The museum will be closed all year. Entry to Dove Cottage is not included in the price of this tour.
- We drive along the shore of Grasmere (pass by)
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Rydal Mount & GardensAfter the death of two of their children, the Wordsworth family felt that they had to move away from Grasmere Rectory with its constant view of the graveyard where they were buried. In 1813, they moved to Rydal Mount. This was William Wordsworth's best loved family home for the greater part of his life from 1813 to his death in 1850 at the age of 80. The house with its beautiful gardens were a focus for romantic literature. They continue to be owned by descendants of William Wordsworth and retain the feel of a lived in family home. The house dates from the 16th century and was enlarged over the intervening centuries, and also by Wordsworth himself. It contains a selection of the family's prized possessions and portraits. Wordsworth was a keen landscape gardener and the five acre garden remains very much as he designed it. It consists of fell-side terraces, rock pools and an ancient mound. Entry to Rydal Mount is included in the price of this tour
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Rydal Hall GardensThere is an opportunity to visit the beautiful and tranquil Rydal Hall Gardens. Built in the 16th Century, Rydal Hall was the home of the le Fleming family, Wordsworth's landlords at Rydal Mount. The house has subsequently been much altered, including the addition of a Victorian south range. The formal garden at Rydal Hall was designed in 1909 by the Arts and Craft garden architect Mr Thomas Mawson. It is a splendid example of the work of the leading Arts and Crafts garden designer, whose work is world famous. The garden is of particular historic interest for the extensive use of exposed aggregate precast concrete, instead of more usual stone, to form the main elements in the design, a very early use of concrete in this way. The Carlisle Diocese in association with The Cumbria Gardens Trust and in consultation with English Heritage are restoring this lovely formal garden. There are mosses, native flora and trees, including a 500 year old Sweet Chestnut tree with a girth of 36 feet. From the formal garden the sound of rushing water can be heard. Water crashes over a series of high waterfalls down a rocky ravine, through the banks of a wooded garden. The oldest 'viewing house' in the country was built below the lower fall in 1669.
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Dora's FieldNear to Rydal Mount is Rydal Church. The chapel of St Mary was built by Lady le Fleming, of Rydal Hall in 1824. William Wordsworth helped to choose the site, which was originally an orchard. The Wordsworth family and the family of the English poet Matthew Arnold, from nearby Fox How, worshipped here. Their family pews are on each side of the aisle at the front of the church. Wordsworth was church warden from 1833-1834, and there is a memorial plaque to him. The Rash field next to the churchyard is a plot of land which was bought by Wordsworth who originally intended to build on it. The house never materialised. After his daughter Dora died in 1847, William went down to this field, and together with his wife and gardener, planted hundreds of daffodils as a memorial to Dora.
- Our road now heads south towards Ambleside passing Rydal Water and Nab Cottage. This was once home to Thomas de Quincey and later, Hartley Coleridge, the son of Wordsworth's old friend, Samuel Taylor Coleridge who rented the house in 1840 until his death there in 1849. (pass by)
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William Wordsworth: Afternoon Half Day Tour with an Expert Guide 20% OFF
Windermere, Lake District, England, United Kingdom
$120.56
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!