Wordsworth Walk

Walks

About Wordsworth Walk

START POINT: GRASMERE
DISTANCE/SUITABILITY: 5 MILES, EASY, SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN AND DOGS.
PARKING: VARIOUS PAY & DISPLAYS IN GRASMERE VILLAGE

General description

This lovely Wordsworth walk offers good views over Grasmere and Rydal. Combine it with visits to Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount for a full Wordsworth day out. In Grasmere, you can stock up on the famous Grasmere gingerbread, and visit the Heaton Cooper studio for paintings of the area.

Directions

Starting in Grasmere, leave the village and walk to the mini roundabout at the south end of the village
Cross the road and take the first road on the left, almost opposite the roundabout, to go past dove cottage and museum.
Continue up the road, at a junction bear left
Pass a small tarn, and the road becomes a track. At the end of this continue to the right along a terraced walk, with views over Rydal.
At the end of the track, turn right down a road to pass Rydal Mount.
Cross the main road, walk right for a short distance and then go through a gate, to cross a footbridge.
Turn right and follow the banks of the river and then Rydal water, on a clear path.
Lookout for a gate in the wall on your right. Go through this and descend to a footbridge. Do not cross this, but instead turn left on the banks of the river.
Follow this to the shores of Grasmere, and continue on to a small boathouse and fence, where the path goes up to a road, turn right and follow the road back to Grasmere village.