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Dove Cottage
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Paul & Sally Anne
May 31, 2022
The story goes that Wordsworth was on a walking tour of the Lake District when he first saw the beautiful Dove Cottage. Instantly falling in love with the cottage, he decided to make it his home with his sister Dorothy. The location was the inspiration for many of Wordsworth’s poems as well as for Dorothy’s ‘Grasmere Journal’. These days, Dove Cottage and the Orchard Garden is a fascinating
The story goes that Wordsworth was on a walking tour of the Lake District when he first saw the beautiful Dove Cottage. Instantly falling in love with the cottage, he decided to make it his home with his sister Dorothy. The location was the inspiration for many of Wordsworth’s poems as well as for D…
Matthew
January 25, 2022
Dove Cottage was where William Wordsworth lived in Grasmere and there is now a museum, gardens and cafe that form part of the attraction. Its on the edge of Grasmere.
Paul And Sue
April 18, 2021
It might seem like a cliche, but Wordsworth’s first home as an adult in the Lake District is one of the best run and most authentic museums in the country. It is hard to believe that some of the best poetry ever written was produced in a smoky, smelly, damp, cold and crowded former pub.
Alison
March 12, 2020
Discover the history behind the famous Daffodils poem by Wordsworth
Beth
June 26, 2021
Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent over eight years of "plain living, but high thinking".
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Grasmere, England