Wordsworth House, Cockermouth: William's childhood home

Step back in time, to begin to imagine life during the childhood of poet William Wordsworth. Experience a living, working Georgian Townhouse with working 18th Century kitchen.

• Meet some of the Wordsworth household and find out what life was like for the maid, the man servant and the clerk;
• Enjoy the sights and sounds of a working 18th Century kitchen and learn about how they cooked their home grown produce
• Explore the newly restored garden where William and Dorothy loved to play;
• Join in the hands-on activities or just watch from a distance and stroll around in your own time;
• Hear about the gossip and goings-on of a Cumbria market town of the 1770s.