Wray Castle, Ambleside

Name: Wray Castle
Address: Low Wray, Ambleside, LA22 0JA, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 15394 33250

#3 among attractions in Ambleside

Top attraction, History museum, Historical place, Gothic Revival architecture, More...

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Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building at Claife in the English county of Cumbria. The house and grounds have belonged to the National Trust since 1929, but the house has only recently opened to the public on a regular basis. The grounds, which include part of the shoreline of Windermere, are open all year round and are renowned for their selection of specimen trees – Wellingtonia, redwood, Ginkgo biloba, weeping lime and varieties of beech. ()

Established: 2011 (14 years ago)Coordinates: 54°24'11"N, 2°57'41"W

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Low WrayAmbleside LA22 0JA United Kingdom

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+44 15394 33250

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Ambleside

Day trips

Wray Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Brockhole, Galava, Holehird Gardens, Ambleside Climbing Wall.

0.8 miE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Visitor center
Brockhole, Windermere
20 min walk • The Brockhole Lake District Visitor Centre, also known as the Brockhole National Park Visitor Centre, is a visitor centre and tourist attraction managed by the Lake District National Park Authority. It is situated on the shore of Lake Windermere, roughly equidistant between the towns of Bowness-on-Windermere and Ambleside.
1.4 miN
Archaeological site
Galava, Ambleside
35 min walk • Ambleside Roman Fort is the modern name given to the remains of a fort of the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins have been tentatively identified as Galava, mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.
2.1 miE
Garden, Park
Holehird Gardens, Windermere
54 min walk • Holehird Gardens is an extensive 10-acre site located near Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is the home of the Lakeland Horticultural Society.
1.9 miN
54°25'47"N • 2°57'45"W
Ambleside Climbing Wall, Ambleside
48 min walk • Sport complex, Climbing
2.4 miSW
Orignal drawings by children's author
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Hawkshead
63 min walk • The Beatrix Potter Gallery is a gallery run by the National Trust and in a 17th-century stone-built house in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England. It is dedicated to presenting original book illustrations by Beatrix Potter.
2.5 miSW
Historical place, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead
65 min walk • St Michael and All Angels Church is in the village of Hawkshead, 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.
0.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blelham Tarn
22 min walk • Blelham Tarn is a large valley tarn in the Lake District of England, to the north of the hill Latterbarrow. The settlements of Outgate, Low Wray and High Wray are close by. The tarn is drained to the northeast by the short Blelham Beck into Windermere. This beck was previously straightened and lowered.
1.1 miN
Park
Stagshaw Garden, Ambleside
27 min walk • Stagshaw Garden is a woodland garden situated south of Ambleside, in Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The garden is noted for its shrubs, including rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.
2.6 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary's Church, Windermere
66 min walk • St Mary's Church is in the town of Windermere, 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.
1.9 miN
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary's Church, Ambleside
50 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.
2.5 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum
Hawkshead Grammar School, Hawkshead
65 min walk • Hawkshead Grammar School in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England was founded in 1585 by Archbishop Edwin Sandys, of York, who petitioned a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to set up a governing body.