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Get your quick guide to the top hotels, restaurants and things to do.
| Hotel | GBP* | Distance | Rating |
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| Macdonald Swan Hotel | £108 | 0.0 mi 0.1 km |
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| Oak Bank | £58 | 0.4 mi 0.6 km |
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| Rothay Garden Hotel | £160 | 0.4 mi 0.6 km |
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| Lancrigg Vegetarian Country House Hotel | N/A | 0.5 mi 0.9 km |
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| Gold Rill Country House | £163 | 0.8 mi 1.2 km |
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| restaurant | Distance | Rating |
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| Sara's Bistro | 0.4 mi 0.6 km |
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| The Bobbin Bistro | 0.6 mi 1.0 km |
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| Jumble Room | 0.6 mi 1.0 km |
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| Thing to Do | Distance | Rating |
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| Easedale Tarn | 0.5 mi 0.9 km |
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| The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop (Sarah Nelson's) | 0.6 mi 0.9 km |
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| Rydal Mount & Gardens | 4.1 mi 6.5 km |
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| Title | Source |
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| “Dove Cottage” | Fodors.com |
| “Dove Cottage/The Wordsworth Museum” | Frommer's |
| “Wordsworth Slept Here” | Atlantic Monthly |
| “Wandering lonely in a crowd” | telegraph.co.uk / Telegraph Media Group |
| “Great escapes: Lake District 7 - Literary Lakes” | Practical Caravan |
The guide in the cottage was really into the subject and told loads of stories about people other than Wordsworth who have lived there. Made it sound like a bit of a hippy colony with people turning up unannounced and staying ages. He even hinted at some free love going on! The museum was a bit dated and dimly lit,... more
I may have had a different opinion of Dove Cottage if Wordsworth were one of my favourite poets; as it happens, he's not even in my top ten. We only went to the cottage because we were keen on seeing the Turner exhibition (Paths to Fame) that is on there now until mid-October, which is housed in the Wordsworth Museum.... more
Turned up to visit on a rainy day expecting another historic house and garden with miserable faced curators guarding their "treasures" and thought that £7.50 was a bit steep for entry. The tour of Wordsworth's cottage was unexpected as the guide told a series of stories about Wordsworth and his family and his friends who came to stay. More about... more
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