Rydal Mount, Rydal

Name: Rydal Mount
Address: Rydal, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 15394 33002

#2 among attractions in Rydal

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Facts and practical information

Rydal Mount is a house in the small village of Rydal, near Ambleside in the English Lake District. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1813 to his death in 1850. It is currently operated as a writer's home museum. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 322 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°26'56"N, 2°58'57"W

Address

Rydal United Kingdom

Contact

+44 15394 33002

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Day trips

Rydal Mount – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rydal Water, Alcock Tarn, Rydal Hall, St Mary's Church.

0.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Rydal Water, Windermere
14 min walk • Rydal Water is a small body of water in the central part of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is located near the hamlet of Rydal, between Grasmere and Ambleside in the Rothay Valley.
1.3 miNW
Natural attraction, Lake, Mountain
Alcock Tarn, Grasmere
34 min walk • Alcock Tarn is a lake in Cumbria, England. It is located high in the fells on Heron Pike, roughly a mile and a half east of Grasmere.
~600 ftE
Garden, Historical place, Convention center
Rydal Hall, Rydal
3 min walk • Rydal Hall is a large detached house on the outskirts of the village of Rydal, Cumbria, in the English Lake District. It has an early nineteenth-century front facade, but includes some earlier fabric.
1.4 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary's Church, Ambleside
36 min walk • St Mary's Church is in Ambleside, Cumbria, England. It was built in the 1850s to a design by George Gilbert Scott in Gothic Revival style. The building is Grade II* listed. Notable features include its stone spire, which is a local landmark and an unusual feature in Lake District churches.
1.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Loughrigg Fell, Ambleside
34 min walk • Loughrigg Fell is a hill in the central part of the English Lake District. It stands on the end of the long ridge coming down from High Raise over Silver How towards Ambleside, and is separated from its neighbours by the depression of Red Bank.
0.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Nab Scar, Grasmere
17 min walk • 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.
1.3 miSE
Lake District art exhibitions in library
Armitt Library, Ambleside
33 min walk • The Armitt Museum, also known as the Armitt Museum and Library, is an independent museum and library, founded in Ambleside in Cumbria by Mary Louisa Armitt in 1909. It is a registered charity under English law.
1.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Low Pike, Rydal
28 min walk • Low Pike is a small fell in the English Lake District. It has a modest height of 508 m and is situated three kilometres north of Ambleside.
1.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Heron Pike, Grasmere
33 min walk • Heron Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, two kilometres east of Grasmere. It is part of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells.
1.4 miSW
Neighbourhood
Todd Crag, Elterwater
36 min walk • Todd Crag is a hill and a satellite peak of Loughrigg Fell at 224 m it is not classed as a fell but is a vantage point near...