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Mirehouse Gardens

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The Speddings have owned Mirehouse for generations, and their poet friends came to stay — Tennyson, Southey, Edward FitzGerald and Thomas Carlyle among them. The 17th-century house sits near Bassenthwaite Lake, and the grounds have a walled bee garden, a poetry walk and a path down to the water. St Bega’s church is a stroll away along the shore.

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Photo of Whinlatter Forest Park, a country park near Thornthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

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