I’m studying English Literature and Wordsworth’s poetry. I know he lived in the Lake District, and I’m visiting the area soon, so I want to go to some places he made famous.
Please suggest some options.
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I’m studying English Literature and Wordsworth’s poetry. I know he lived in the Lake District, and I’m visiting the area soon, so I want to go to some places he made famous.
Please suggest some options.
Wordsworth had many connections to the Lake District. The most significant places are Cockermouth, Ambleside, Rydal, Grasmere, Ullswater and Hawkshead,
If you go to Grasmere and visit Dove Cottage this is where he lived for several years and it’s now a museum showing his life there. There are many items of interest and he wrote poetry there.
He went to school in Hawkshead and wrote about it in his poem Prelude.
Ullswater area inspired the famous Daffodils poem.
Most of his life he lived at Rydal Mount which is in Rydal, between Ambleside and Grasmere. The house and extensive garden are open to visitors.
You could visit both Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount as they are only about 10 minutes away from each other by car.