Grasmere (village)

Grasmere is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lakes, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, and situated in the centre of the Lake District and named after its adjacent lake. Grasmere lies within the historic county of Westmorland. The Ambleside and Grasmere ward had an estimated population of 4,592 in 2019. William and Dorothy Wordsworth, the 'Lake Poets', lived in Grasmere for 14 years and called it "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found."

This article is about the village in England. For other settlements, see Grasmere (disambiguation).

Grasmere
Village
Grasmere
Grasmere
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY335074
Civil parish
Unitary authority
  • Westmorland and Furness
Ceremonial county
Region
  • North West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAMBLESIDE
Postcode districtLA22
Dialling code015394
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
  • Westmorland and Lonsdale
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