Photographs of the lake and attractive Lakeland village of Grasmere.
LOCAL GALLERIES: Grasmere Fells - Rushbearing - Thirlmere - Langdales - Rydal
LOCAL WALK: Grasmere Discovery Walk
RELATED GALLERIES: William Wordsworth
The tumbling waterfalls of Sourmilk Gill form a backdrop for Brimmer Head Farm in Easedale near Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Early morning mist over the lake at Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria
Grasmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
A view over the lake towards Helm Crag and Dunmail Raise.
The River Rothay flowing over the weir at the southern end of Grasmere to travel half a mile before entering Rydal Water.
The River Rothay flowing over the weir to leave Grasmere and head towards Rydal Water in the Lake District, Cumbria.
An autumnal view over the weir, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Misty morning, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Low cloud over Helm Crag.
Misty morning, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Lakeland pass, Dunmail Raise, is in the centre of the photo.
A view over Grasmere towards Helm Crag and Baneriggs Wood in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Black-headed gull in winter plumage fishing from a rock in the lake, Grasmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Autumnal reflections on Grasmere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
A view over Grasmere towards Helm Crag and Dunmail from the southern end of the lake.
View over the lake to Silver How from the beach at the edge of Penny Rock Wood, Grasmere.in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A perfect early autumnal morning for paddleboarding on Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Path through the beech trees In Penny Rock Wood, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Path through the beech trees In Penny Rock Wood, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
St. Oswald's Church, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Until the 19th century, the floor of the church was earthen and was covered with a carpet of rushes that was changed in the annual Rushbearing Festival. The ceremony still takes place around the 5th August. William Wordsworth is buried in a family plot in the churchyard.
St. Oswald's Church, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The 13th century tower walls were built from large boulders which didn’t prove to be waterproof so they were given a cement render in the 1920s. It was re-rendered in 2017 with lime mortar to ensure protection and breathability.
The Wordsworth family plot in the graveyard of St. Oswald's Church, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Left to right: Son William and wife Fanny / sister Dorothy / brother John / William and wife Mary / daughter Dora / Dora's husband Edward.
The interior of St. Oswald's Church, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Until the 19th century, the floor of the church was earthen and covered with a carpet of rushes that was changed in the annual Rushbearing Festival. The ceremony still takes place around the 5th August.
Dove Cottage, home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1799 to 1808 at Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
William Wordsworth was an english poet whose Lyrical Ballads (1798), written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the English Romantic movement. Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850.
A distant view of Allan Bank, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Allan Bank was the home of William Wordsworth, his sister Dorothy, wife Mary and their five children from 1808-1811. His good friend the poet Coleridge, also lived with them and Coleridge stayed on in Allan Bank after the Wordsworth family left. William hated the large house, describing it as a ‘temple of abomination’.
The Jerwood Centre, Grasmere, Cumbria.
Built in 2005 from local slate, this fine building holds Wordsworth related manuscripts, books and paintings. It was opened in 2005 by the poet and Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney.
Not open to the public.
Wordsworth Memorial Fountain, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This clever drinking fountain was designed with a tap for humans, a trough for horses and a small bowl for dogs. The fountain is dated 1889 and an inscription on the stone canopy simply reads, ‘In Memory of Wordsworth.’
Wordsworth Daffodil Garden, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Storyteller's Garden, Church Stile Studio, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The garden of Taffy Thomas, the first Storyteller Laureate from 2010-2012.
A distant view of Lancrigg, Grasmere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Lancrigg was the home of the Arctic explorer and author, Sir John Richardson (1787-1865), who is buried in St Oswald's churchyard.
Sarah Nelson's Grasmere Gingerbread Shop, Grasmere, The Lake District, Cumbria.
Sarah Nelson invented the recipe for this delicious Grasmere Gingerbread in 1854 and the recipe hasn't changed since.
Grasmere War Memorial in Broadgate Meadow, Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria.
This war memorial carved from local slate in 1919 was designed by William Gershon Collingwood of Preston, an antiquarian with a great interest in Norse history and Anglian crosses.
Canon Rawnsley's oak tree in Broadgate Meadow, Grasmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Canon Rawnsley was one of the founders of the National Trust.
The inscription on the stone reads, " THIS OAK WAS PLANTED BY CANON RAWNSLEY ON PEACE DAY 19 JULY 1919".
The Pinfold, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Grasmere Pinfold by the River Rothay was used to hold stray livestock until they could be reunited with their owner, usually for a fine to the lord of the manor. Animals were held for three weeks and sold if not claimed within that period.
Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Our Lady of the Wayside was built from local slate in 1964 to a design by Wilfrid C. Mangan of Preston.
Defibrillator housed in an old red K6 telephone box at Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The telephone box stands next to the bus shelter that commemorates the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth 11 in 2002.
Helm Crag and the Swan Hotel, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Swan was built in the 17th century as a coaching inn. Sir Walter Scott frequently stayed with the Wordsworth family in Dove Cottage and is said to have often sneaked out of his bedroom window to nip down to The Swan for a drink.
The Lion and the Lamb rock formation on the top of Helm Crag, Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Early morning mist over the River Rothay near the car park of White Moss Common between Grasmere and Rydal in the Lake District, Cumbria.
