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Encyclopedia > Grasmere
Grasmere
Grasmere - View from Loughrigg Terrace
View from Loughrigg Terrace
Location Lake District, Cumbria
Coordinates 54°27′N 3°01′WCoordinates: 54°27′N 3°01′W
Basin countries United Kingdom
Grasmere village and lake as seen from the fell of Stone Arthur
Dove Cottage

Grasmere is a village in central Cumbria in the north of England. It is also the name of the adjacent lake. Grasmere's position in the centre of the English Lake District has made it popular as a tourist destination. its coooolio!!![citation needed] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 1. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Cumbria (IPA: ), is a shire county in the extreme North West of England. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Download high resolution version (1500x1139, 94 KB)Personal Photogragh taken by Mick Knapton on 3rd September 2001 Released under the license. ... Download high resolution version (1500x1139, 94 KB)Personal Photogragh taken by Mick Knapton on 3rd September 2001 Released under the license. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 555 pixelsFull resolution (1092 × 757 pixel, file size: 573 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Dove Cottage. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 555 pixelsFull resolution (1092 × 757 pixel, file size: 573 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Dove Cottage. ... Cumbria (IPA: ), is a shire county in the extreme North West of England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. ... Crinkle Crags as seen from the adjoining fell of Cold Pike. ...

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Geography

The village is overlooked by the small rocky hill of Helm Crag, popularly known as the Lion and the Lamb; due to the shape of rock formations on its summit. Helm Crag is a fell in the English Lake District situated in the Central Fells to the north of Grasmere. ...


The A591 connects Grasmere northwards over Dunmail Raise to the Vale of Keswick and southwards to Ambleside. Dunmail Raise, high point (238m) on the A591 that bisects the English Lake District National Park north to south between Keswick and Ambleside. ... The Moot Hall in the centre of Keswick. ... The view over Windermere from Ambleside. ...


Government

The former civil parish was for a time governed by an urban district council before becoming part of the Lakes UDC in 1934. The village is now part of Lakes parish. Grasmere has experienced population decline since the 1960s.[citation needed] A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... Lakes is a large civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, with a population of 5127 according to the 2001 census. ...


Famous (former) inhabitants

William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ... Dove Cottage Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District. ...

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