Lake Poets: Wordsworth and his life in the Lake District - Full Day All-inclusive Tour

<h4 style="font-size:24px;line-height:1.6;color:#34404e;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">This tour takes you to:</h4><ul><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>Wordsworth House</strong> in Cockermouth, where William Wordsworth was born. (Not available on a Friday)</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>Hawkshead Grammar School</strong> where Wordsworth went to school and carved his name on a desk, which can still be seen. (Only available on a Friday)</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>Hawkshead</strong> known as the &#34;prettiest village in the Lake District&#34;. (Only available on a Friday)</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>Greta Hall</strong> the home of Poet Laureate Robert Southey and fellow romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>St Kentigern&#39;s Church</strong> to see the grave of Robert Southey and his memorial.</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">Lunch (not included) at the house where William and Dorothy Wordsworth used to visit their dear friend Elizabeth Fletcher.</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>Grasmere Village</strong> at the centre of the English Lake District which takes its name from the adjacent lake. Wordsworth, who lived in Grasmere for 14 years, described it as <strong>&#34;the loveliest spot that man hath ever found.&#34;</strong></li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>Grasmere Gingerbread Shop </strong>where the Victorian cook Sarah Nelson invented Grasmere Gingerbread in 1854.</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>St Oswald&#39;s Church</strong> where the Wordsworth family worshiped and whose interior William was so fond of.</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>Wordsworth Family Graves</strong> nestled beneath the yew trees which Wordsworth had planted.</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>Dove Cottage</strong> where William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy lived from 1799 to 1808.</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">Views of <strong>Grasmere</strong>, the beautiful lake the Wordsworths knew so well.</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>Rydal Mount</strong> William Wordsworth&#39;s best loved family home from 1813 to his death in 1850.</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>Rydal Church</strong> built on the site chosen by William Wordsworth which also inspired two of his poems.</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><strong>Dora&#39;s Field</strong> bought by William Wordsworth in 1826 and planted with hundreds of daffodil bulbs by William and his wife in memory of their daughter Dora.</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">Views of <strong>Rydal Water</strong>, one of the smaller lakes, with steps leading up to &#34;Wordsworth&#39;s Seat&#34;, reputedly the poet&#39;s favourite viewpoint.</li></ul><h4 style="font-size:24px;line-height:1.6;color:#34404e;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">Additional Features:</h4><ul><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">Gift Shops at Rydal Mount, Dove Cottage, Wordsworth House and the villages of Grasmere and Hawkshead (as appropriate)</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">Comfort facilities available at Rydal Mount, Dove Cottage, Wordsworth House and the villages of Grasmere and Hawkshead (as appropriate)</li><li style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">Suitable for solo travellers</li></ul>