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St Margaret's Church in Ipswich, Suffolk

Ipswich

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A stream near Rydal, Lake district

Rydal

(0.7 miles, 1.1 km)

Rydal in the lake district will be forever associated with the poet William Wordsworth who lived here and whose works reflect the beautiful landscape that so vividly captured his imagination almost from the moment he was born...

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Grasmere, Cumbria

Grasmere

(1.5 miles, 2.4 km, direction NW)

This tiny stone village is beautifully set between the tranquil waters of Grasmere Lake and the jagged heights of Helm Crag and Nab Scar..

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St Mary's Church

Ambleside

(1.8 miles, 2.9 km, direction SE)

Ambleside, meaning "Shieling" or summer pasture by the riverbank, lies next to the northern shore of Lake Windermere. A busy victorian town ideal as a base when visiting the Lake District..

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Langdale Pikes

Elterwater

(1.9 miles, 3.0 km, direction SW)

Elterwater is barely 200ft above sea level, it is picturesquely set beneath the glories of the Langdale Pikes..

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Little Langdale

Little Langdale

(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction SW)

Little Langdale is a delightful hamlet in a hauntingly beautiful area lying above the Furness Fells...

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Troutbeck village

Troutbeck

(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction SE)

A village that is spread along an old valley road for around one and a half miles. Lots of charm and old cottages, surrounded by beautiful lakeland countryside. Beatrix Potter.....

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'Esthwaite Water', Hawkshead

Hawkshead

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction S)

The pretty village of Hawkshead is full of old-world picturesque charm throughout its traffic-free streets where one can roam freely to investigate all it has to offer in the way.....

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Lake Windermere, Cumbria

Windermere

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction SE)

Lake Windermere is England's largest lake, and one of it's most popular with visitors. It is 10.5 miles long and approx 1 mile wide. The water of the lake reaches a depth of.....

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Old slate mine

Coniston

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction SW)

There is a timelessness about this pretty village which is set beneath the awesome splendour of "The Old Man of Coniston" towering some 2,500ft above...

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Where's the front door

Bowness on Windermere

(6.6 miles, 10.7 km, direction SE)

This is the principal resort on Lake Windermere, it is a town crammed with quaint narrow streets jammed full of summer tourists which sprawls along the shores of the lake somewhere between Waterhead and Lakeside...

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Dove Cottage in Grasmere. The one time home of the Poet William Wordsworth

Dove Cottage

(1.0 miles, 1.7 km)

Dove cottage in the Lake District is the former home of the poet William Wordsworth and is where he wrote much of his famous.....

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Stock Ghyll Waterfall Ambleside

Stock Ghyll Force

(2.1 miles, 3.4 km, direction E)

Stock Ghyll Force is a spectacular 70 foot waterfall set in the beautiful picturesque surroundings of Stock Ghyll Woods, near.....

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Stagshaw Garden

(2.5 miles, 4.0 km, direction SE)

Steep woodland garden, noted for its flowering shrubs, created by the late Cubby Acland, Regional Agent for the Trust...

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Cloudy on the Kirkstone Pass

Kirkstone Pass

(3.8 miles, 6.0 km, direction NE)

Kirkstone Pass in the Lake District is famous for its iconic view on the road to Ullswater from the town of Ambleside. There is.....

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The Lake District

The Lake District

(3.8 miles, 6.2 km, direction NW)

I first saw the Lake District many years ago, when for eight out of my eleven day sojourn, it rained, and rained! None-the-less,.....

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Tarn Hows 5

Tarn Hows

(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction S)

This exceptional magical landscape is known as Beatrix Potter Country. For it is here amongst Lakeland's magnificent tarns and.....

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Townend

(4.0 miles, 6.5 km, direction SE)

17th-century Lake District stone and slate house, former home of a wealthy farming family...

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A view of Langdale Pikes, Little Langdale, Cumbria from Tarn Hows.

Langdale Pikes

(4.7 miles, 7.5 km, direction W)

These famous pikes rise loftily above the village of Langdale, whilst below visitors can savour the wild and desolate beauty of.....

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Brothers Water from Kirkstone Pass, English Lakes. September 2006. Cannon Powershot 400

Brothers Water

(5.2 miles, 8.4 km, direction NE)

Dorothy Wordsworth (c.1771-1855, diarist, poet, sister of William ) referred to it as "..the glittering lively lake..". The.....

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Steam Yacht Gondola

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction SW)

Rebuilt Victorian steam-powered yacht on Coniston Water, with the stunning backdrop of Coniston Fells in the heart of the Lake.....

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