Nab Scar

Between Grasmere and Ambleside, this small lake sits close to Rydal Mount, where Wordsworth spent his later years.

1.1 km S

A pretty fall in the grounds of Rydal Hall, framed by a 17th-century viewing house said to be England's oldest.

1.3 km SE

A quarry mouth above Rydal Water big enough to swallow a house, its floor pool crossed on stepping stones — the void left by Loughrigg's slate men.

1.5 km S

Wordsworth's lake and village, where the poet lies in the churchyard and Dove Cottage stands close by the shore.

1.8 km SW

Wainwright's own invention: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay through three national parks.

2.7 km NW · North Yorkshire & Cumbria