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Rydal Hall, Rydal, Cumbria March 06

Rydal

(3.1 miles, 5.0 km, direction SW)

Rydal in the lake district will be forever associated with the poet William Wordsworth who lived here and whose works reflect the beautiful landscape that so vividly captured his imagination almost from the moment he was born...

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Rydal Water near Ambleside

Ambleside

(3.6 miles, 5.8 km, direction SW)

Ambleside, meaning "Shieling" or summer pasture by the riverbank, lies next to the northern shore of Lake Windermere. A busy victorian town ideal as a base when visiting the Lake District..

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Lanty's Tarn, Keidas, Patterdale Cumbria

Patterdale

(4.2 miles, 6.7 km, direction N)

The village of Patterdale is a well known vantage point at the head of Ulleswater, close to Brotherswater...

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Troutbeck, Windermere, Lake District

Troutbeck

(4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction S)

A village that is spread along an old valley road for around one and a half miles. Lots of charm and old cottages, surrounded by beautiful lakeland countryside. Beatrix Potter.....

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Frosty morning, Grasmere

Grasmere

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction W)

This tiny stone village is beautifully set between the tranquil waters of Grasmere Lake and the jagged heights of Helm Crag and Nab Scar..

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Glenridding Beck, Glenridding

Glenridding

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction N)

Glenridding lies in a beautiful area on the south-west side of Ullswater...

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Elterwater

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction SW)

Elterwater is barely 200ft above sea level, it is picturesquely set beneath the glories of the Langdale Pikes..

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Lake Windermere from Orreste Head

Windermere

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction S)

Lake Windermere is England's largest lake, and one of it's most popular with visitors. It is 10.5 miles long and approx 1 mile wide. The water of the lake reaches a depth of.....

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Hause Farm B&B, Hallin Fell, Martindale, Cumbria

Martindale

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction N)

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Blea Tarn, Little Langdale, Cumbria

Little Langdale

(6.7 miles, 10.7 km, direction SW)

Little Langdale is a delightful hamlet in a hauntingly beautiful area lying above the Furness Fells...

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Brothers Water from Kirkstone Pass, English Lakes. September 2006. Cannon Powershot 400

Brothers Water

(2.1 miles, 3.4 km, direction N)

Dorothy Wordsworth (c.1771-1855, diarist, poet, sister of William ) referred to it as "..the glittering lively lake..". The.....

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Stock Ghyll Waterfall Ambleside

Stock Ghyll Force

(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction S)

Stock Ghyll Force is a spectacular 70 foot waterfall set in the beautiful picturesque surroundings of Stock Ghyll Woods, near.....

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Dove Cottage in Grasmere. The one time home of the Poet William Wordsworth

Dove Cottage

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction W)

Dove cottage in the Lake District is the former home of the poet William Wordsworth and is where he wrote much of his famous.....

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Stagshaw Garden

(4.3 miles, 6.9 km, direction S)

Steep woodland garden, noted for its flowering shrubs, created by the late Cubby Acland, Regional Agent for the Trust...

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Townend

(4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction S)

17th-century Lake District stone and slate house, former home of a wealthy farming family...

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Haweswater from Rigging dale ridge, Lake District

Haweswater

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction NE)

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The Lake District

The Lake District

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction W)

I first saw the Lake District many years ago, when for eight out of my eleven day sojourn, it rained, and rained! None-the-less,.....

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Aira Force, Ullswater, Cumbria

Aira Force

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction N)

Beautiful lake winding through a glaciated valley, and an impressive waterfall which is a Victorian beauty spot...

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Windermere Boat Museum, Cumbria

Windermere Steamboat Museum

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction S)

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Tarn Hows 5

Tarn Hows

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction SW)

This exceptional magical landscape is known as Beatrix Potter Country. For it is here amongst Lakeland's magnificent tarns and.....

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