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 Grasmere Village and the Lake District surrounds
One of the Lake District ’s real gems, Grasmere is wonderfully tranquil, the place William Wordsworth called, ‘the loveliest spot that man hath ever found’.
 Grasmere village
Renowned for its beautiful scenery and lauded as the true heart of the lakes, the village of Grasmere lies on the north shores of the lake of the same name. The serenity of these clear waters is maintained by its ban on motorboats and its shores are surrounded by sloping wooded fells with wonderful names like Helm Crag and Nam Scar.
Grasmere has a proud literary heritage, at its heart is Dove Cottage , the tiny, Ivy clad, whitewashed home of William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy from 1799 to 1808. Dove Cottage is now a museum to the life, times and writings of the poet laureate and is one of the most popular visitor attractions in the Lake District. In the garden you’ll find the Rock of Names, the stone on which the Wordsworth family carved their initials. In the town, the rough cast medieval Parish Church of St Oswald’s is where Wordsworth, his wife Mary and sister are buried.
 Sour Milk Ghyll and Waterfall in centre
There are a number of rewarding walks and places of outstanding beauty within the Grasmere’s locality. The Easdale walk will bring you to the lovely waterfall of Sour Milk Ghyll, while routes over Loughrigg Tarn are renowned for their Lakeland scenery taking in a fabulous panorama of the lake Thirlmere. For the more ambitious the climb up lofty Helvellyn, which towers 3,118ft above Thirlmere, offers sprawling views across the Lake District. Helvellyn is a popular trek, often called the ‘sunrise mountain’ for the numbers of people who make the ascent in time to see the sun rising over the Cumbrian fells.
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