St Oswald's Church, Grasmere

Name: St Oswald's Church
Address: Grasmere Cres, Grasmere, LA9 6LP, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 15394 35326

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St Oswald's Church is in the village of Grasmere, in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. As well as its architectural interest, the church is notable for its associations with the poet, William Wordsworth and his family, and for its annual ceremony of rushbearing. ()

Architectural style: English gothicCoordinates: 54°27'27"N, 3°1'25"W

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Grasmere CresGrasmere LA9 6LP United Kingdom

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St Oswald's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rydal Water, Grasmere Lake, Dove Cottage, Alcock Tarn.

1.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Rydal Water, Windermere
35 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.
0.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Grasmere Lake, Grasmere
15 min walk • Grasmere is one of the smaller lakes of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It gives its name to the village of Grasmere, famously associated with the poet William Wordsworth, which lies immediately to the north of the lake.
~1920 ftSE
Historic Wordsworth house and museum
Dove Cottage, Grasmere
10 min walk • 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".
0.8 miNE
Natural attraction, Lake, Mountain
Alcock Tarn, Grasmere
21 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.
1.4 miNW
Natural attraction, Hill, Geologic formation
Helm Crag, Grasmere
36 min walk • Helm Crag is a fell in the English Lake District situated in the Central Fells to the north of Grasmere. Despite its low height it sits prominently at the end of a ridge, easily seen from the village.
1.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Nab Scar, Grasmere
31 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.
0.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Silver How, Elterwater
23 min walk • Silver How is a fell in the English Lake District, standing over the village of Grasmere. How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, is a common local term for a hill or mound.
1.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Stone Arthur, Grasmere
34 min walk • Stone Arthur is a fell in the English Lake District, an outlier of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It stands above Grasmere village.
~1630 ftNW
William Wordsworth
Allan Bank, Grasmere
8 min walk • Allan Bank is a grade II listed two-storey villa standing on high ground slightly to the west of Grasmere village in the heart of the Lake District.
1.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Heron Pike, Grasmere
31 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to St Oswald's Church?

Nearby attractions include Allan Bank, Grasmere (8 min walk), Dove Cottage, Grasmere (10 min walk), Grasmere Lake, Grasmere (15 min walk), Alcock Tarn, Grasmere (21 min walk).

How to get to St Oswald's Church by public transport?

The nearest stations to St Oswald's Church:

Bus

School • Lines: 555 (3 min walk)
Stock Lane at School • Lines: 555 (3 min walk)