Grasmere

Grasmere, Ambleside & Langdale · Village

Grasmere is Wordsworth’s village: Dove Cottage, the churchyard where the family is buried, gingerbread from Sarah Nelson’s tiny shop, and a lake small enough to feel like a garden. Helm Crag — t...

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About Grasmere

It is busy in season and worth it. Walk around the lake, up to Easedale Tarn, or over to Langdale. The village still has a literary heartbeat as well as outdoor kit shops.

Famous for

William Wordsworth and Dove Cottage
Grasmere gingerbread
St Oswald’s churchyard
Helm Crag’s rocky summit

Lakes & water nearby

Fells & mountains

Helm Crag
Seat Sandal
Fairfield
Silver How
Loughrigg Fell

Water from here

Grasmere

Lake · 1–2 hrs

Alcock Tarn

Tarn · 1.5–2.5 hrs

Codale Tarn

Tarn · 3–6 hrs

Easedale Tarn

Tarn · 3–6 hrs

Grisedale Tarn

Tarn · 3–6 hrs

Whitemoss Tarn

Tarn · 1.5–3 hrs

Sourmilk Gill Falls

Waterfall · 1–2 hrs

All lakes, tarns and waterfalls →

Walks from here

Fairfield

873 m · 6–8 hrs

Great Rigg

766 m · 5–7 hrs

Seat Sandal

737 m · 5–7 hrs

Stone Arthur

504 m · 3–5 hrs

Steel Fell

553 m · 3–5 hrs

Tarn Crag (Easedale)

549 m · 3–5 hrs

Calf Crag

537 m · 3–5 hrs

Gibson Knott

420 m · 3–5 hrs

All 214 Wainwrights →

Grasmere lake circuit 1–1.5 hrs

Easy, almost level, with the best views from the west shore.
Easedale Tarn 2–3 hrs

The classic Grasmere walk; waterfall, tarn and a picnic rock.
Helm Crag 2–3 hrs

Short, steep, and a scramble to the true summit rocks.