Grasmere
Grasmere is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lakes, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, and situated in the centre of the Lake District and named after its adjacent lake.
Grasmere lies within the historic county of Westmorland. The Ambleside and Grasmere ward had an estimated population of 4,592 in 2019. William and Dorothy Wordsworth, two of the 'Lake Poets', lived in Grasmere for 14 years and called it "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found."
Getting around Grasmere the local way
- Get inA pleasant alternative is via the Windermere Ferry which takes about 10 minutes to cross Windermere Lake from Bowness to Far Sawrey.
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