Location: Grasmere
Top Things to do in Grasmere
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Grasmere is a village and tourist destination in the centre of the English Lake District. It takes its name from the adjacent lake, and has associations with the Lake Poets. The poet William Wordsworth, who lived in Grasmere for 14 years, described it as "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found."
Restaurants in Grasmere
1. Sam Read Bookseller
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By Shirl2 - Skipton, United Kingdom
No visit to Grasmere is complete without a book bought from Sam Reads. This is a traditional bookshop and has a lovely atmosphere coupled with very helpful staff and wonderful selection of books echoing the locality, landscape, season and outdoors.
2. Grasmere Chocolate Cottage
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5.0 based on 96 reviews
We are the first set of shops across the road from the main Stock Lane car park. Next door to the post office.
Reviewed By GabrielleK328
The hand made truffle workshop was brilliant, full of useful information and tips, and we had a go at making truffles to take home, which tasted awesome. Definitely the best thing to see/do at the Christmas Fair.
3. Wordsworth Grasmere
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4.5 based on 893 reviews
In 1799, while on a walking tour of the Lake District, William Wordsworth saw Dove Cottage in Grasmere and decided to make it his home. He had known the valley as a boy, describing it as ‘paradise’. Within a few weeks, Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy had moved in and were busily furnishing the home and planning a garden. It was whilst living here that Wordsworth produced most of his best-loved poems, and Dorothy wrote her fascinating Grasmere journal. A visit to Dove Cottage today transports you back to this remarkable period of ‘plain living and high thinking’. The sights, sounds and smells bring to life the bustling family home the Wordsworths would have known over 200 years ago. In this humble Lake District cottage, you can feel how a unique combination of people and place came together and changed poetry forever. You will need to book your ticket before you visit. To book tickets for a timed entry slot to Dove Cottage and the Garden-Orchard please visit our website.
Reviewed By HowesMel
Wordsworth Cafe at Dove Cottage, Grasmere was an absolute delight. With a friendly greeting and scrumptious, freshly prepared food and great coffee it’s well worth a visit. The scones are dreamy!
4. St. Oswald's Church
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4.5 based on 331 reviews
The simple tombstone of William Wadsworth and his wife Mary is located in the churchyard, making this church one of the most visited literary shrines in the world.
Reviewed By kathrynm610 - Larbert, United Kingdom
Lovely wee church with plenty of interesting information and a good stock of items for sale such as local postcards, books etc. The organist was playing when we went in, a real treat!
5. The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop
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4.5 based on 1,703 reviews
Established in 1854. Grasmere Gingerbread was invented in 1854 by Victorian creator cook Sarah Nelson who mixed and baked her spicy-sweet chewy concoction inside her neat Church Cottage home - now The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop - and sold it to villagers and visitors from a table top on a tree stump outside her front door. One hundred and sixty five years after the creation and launch of Grasmere Gingerbread, Sarah Nelson's remarkable, unique legacy lives. Her wonderful spicy-sweet cross between a biscuit and cake enjoys a worldwide following and it is still baked fresh every day to her original secret recipe inside her former home, now The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop.
Reviewed By mathews687 - Formby, United Kingdom
Came to Grasmere this morning always come to the gingerbread shop when visiting its a lovely quirky shop and gingerbread is lovely and freshly made each day by the same recipe of years ago
6. Herdy
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4.5 based on 64 reviews
We are herdy; a lovable, responsible brand from the English Lake District that creates gift, homeware and accessories that are made to make you smile
Reviewed By rebus10 - Aberdeen, United Kingdom
There are 4 of these shops in the Lake District all selling sheep inspired gifts for home or personal use. We loved the unique and colourful products. Staff helpful too. The items would make ideal gifts. All COVID precautions in place with limited customers allowed in the shop.
7. Allan Bank
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 535 reviews
Make yourself at home at Allan Bank, where Grasmere’s valley unfolds from the picture windows and woodland grounds. Once home to National Trust founder Canon Rawnsley and only partially decorated, this isn’t a typical National Trust experience. Secret hideaways, such as the Victorian viewing tunnel, create an air of mystery. You could help yourself to a cup of tea, watch red squirrels as you read by the fire, or picnic on the lawn, paint or draw. William Wordsworth was inspired here -- and there’s even more to discover today. The welcoming village of Grasmere is nestled with its two picturesque lakes against a dramatic backdrop of Lake District fells. It's the perfect place to come explore, relax, reflect and be inspired.
Reviewed By 999Wurzel
This is a house where you can make yourself at home. The views are wonderful and there are comfortable sofa's where you can relax - either with a book (good library of books for you to view) or simply watch the wildlife, especially the red squirrels. In winter there is a cosy fire and a piano for anyone to have a play on. They also have plenty of activities for children.
8. Heaton Cooper Studio
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 65 reviews
Reviewed By helencross_112
The Heaton Cooper watercolours were all impressive, but I also very much enjoyed the photography exhibition, showing the 2015 floods and telling the story. A great place to relax too, with the wonderful art shop, art books and the cafe!
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