Explore Cumbria and the Lakes
- Kendal and around
- Cartmel
- Windermere town
- Bowness and the lake
- Ambleside
- Great Langdale
- Grasmere and around
- Coniston and around
- Hawkshead and around
- Keswick and around
- Honister Pass
- Buttermere
- Eskdale
- Ravenglass and around
- Whitehaven and around
- Cockermouth
- Ullswater
- Penrith and around
- Carlisle and around
There’s a lot to admire about the attractive small town and market centre of COCKERMOUTH – impressive Georgian facades, tree-lined streets and riverside setting – and there’s no shortage of local attractions, not least the logical first stop on the Wordsworth trail, namely the house where the future poet was born. In the smartened up Market Place (now with monthly farmers’ markets) there are more reminders of bygone days, including a pavement plaque teaching you the basics of talking Cumbrian.
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Wordsworth House
Wordsworth House
The Wordsworth House, where William and sister Dorothy spent their first few years, is presented as a functioning eighteenth-century home – with a costumed cook sharing recipes in the kitchen and a clerk completing the ledger with quill and ink. It’s an education, in the best sense, and a really excellent visit.
