About Grasmere, UK

Grasmere is located at Grasmere Lake, home of Wordsworth and his sister from 1799-1808.

There is a Wordsworth Museum in tribute to the famous writer and his circle of familyand friends. There are also manuscripts and other materialsfrom famous and not-so famous writers, as well at the museum.Every year the Wordsworth Summer Conference is held which looks at the works of Wordsworth and his contemporaries.The Church of St. Oswold, built in the 13th-century, has thegraves of William Wordsworth, and his wife and sister. Anotherattraction during August is the Grasmere Sports, held annuallysince 1852 with fell-racing and Cumberland wrestling.