Grasmere Hikes
The village of Grasmere sits near the center of the Lake District and is the starting point for several popular hikes.
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Grasmere Hikes Details
The village of Grasmere sits near the center of the Lake District and is the starting point for several popular hikes, including to Helm Crag, Fairfield, and Easedale Tarn. The hometown of poet William Wordsworth, Grasmere also is transited by England's long-distance Coast to Coast Walk. The town sits on the Rothway river and next to Grasmere lake. Helm Crag is topped with a pair of prominent rocks called the Lion and the Lamb and stands 1,329 feet high (405 meters). Fairfield, the highest of the Eastern Fells, is usually climbed as part of the Fairfield Horseshoe ascent, which begins in either Rydal or Ambleside. Easedale Tarn, a glacial lake north of Grasmere; a centuries-old path runs from the village past Sourmilk Gill to the tarn. As for the 192-mile Coast to Coast Walk, three suggested routes run through Grasmere once it reaches the Grisedale Hause pass: via the Helvellyn or St Sunday Crag mountains or the easy way through the Patterdale valley.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Grasmere Hikes
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0.2 mi away
Allan Bank
Once home to William Wordsworth and National Trust founder Canon Rawnsley, Allan Bank was rescued from the ravages of fire in 2011. Today, the house offers you the opportunity to see and touch the many layers of this home's fascinating history.
0.5 mi away
Wordsworth's Grave
St. Oswald's Church is the final resting place of the renowned Romantic poet William Wordsworth.
0.6 mi away
Grasmere Sports
The Annual Grasmere Lakeland Sports, now celebrating more than 165 years of existence, has been a regular annual event since 1868, unbroken except for the two periods of the First and Second World Wars.
0.8 mi away
Jerwood Centre, Grasmere
The Jerwood Centre, adjacent to the Wordsworth Museum, is an award-winning building holding the manuscripts, books and paintings not on show in the museum. It was opened in 2005 by the poet and Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney.
0.8 mi away
Dove Cottage
William Wordsworth's home is the only place in the world to see his personal belongings.
