Wordsworth's Lake District, Dove Cottage, Grasmere, Wordsworth House, Cockermouth, Rydal Mount, Rydal near Grasmere

Wordsworth House

Wordsworth HouseWordsworth 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.

 

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