Traveller's Guide to the South and Central Lakes

24 A Family History This picturesque Lakeland town is rich in culture and heritage. Visit Wordsworth’s grave and daffodil garden and explore his life further at Dove Cottage, his former home. Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum are open daily, all year around. Here you can discover how the local area inspired his famous poems. It was in this little cottage, at times ‘crammed edge full’ with people, that William Wordsworth wrote some of the greatest poetry in the English language and Dorothy kept her famous ‘Grasmere Journal’, now on display in the museum. There are lots of family friendly ways to explore Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum. • Tour the cottage with a family friendly guide • Journey through the past with an Explorer Suitcase • Get stuck in to hands-on learning in the Family Activity Room The Jerwood Centre, adjacent to the Wordsworth Museum, is an award-winning building housing manuscripts by thousands of different authors, including some by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The Jerwood Centre displays fine art. There are many portraits of Wordsworth, his family and his circle of writers and friends, plus one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of watercolours and printed images. William and Dorothy later moved to Allan Bank, now owned and run by the National Trust, which opened to the public in March 2012. Allan Bank is a place to relax with a cup of tea while the children play. Now partially restored and undecorated, the house offers visitors the opportunity to see and touch the many layers of its fascinating history. There are simple tombstones to the Wordsworth Family in the churchyard of St Oswald’s Church. William planted eight of the yew trees in the churchyard, and one of them marks the grave of him and his wife Mary. Grasmere Day Out 1 Scan this for a timetable Scan this to download the FREE See More Lake District App Wordsworth Museum The 599 open top bus