Dove Cottage
A small house on the edge of Grasmere, home to William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy from 1799 to 1808. Here he wrote much of his best-remembered poetry, including I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and parts of The Prelude.
- Where
- Grasmere, England, United Kingdom
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 54.4543, -3.0164
Get the Dove Cottage stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dove Cottage. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your England volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dove Cottage
Lake District 11 km
A mountainous national park in Cumbria of lakes, fells and coast. It is bound up with Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin, Arthur Ransome and the Lake Poets, and holds both England's highest mountain and its largest lake.
Hill Top 12 km
A 17th-century Lakeland house of rough stone walls and slate roof in Near Sawrey, once home to Beatrix Potter. She left it to the National Trust, and it is kept just as she would have known it.
Windermere 12 km
A long ribbon lake in the Lake District, the largest in England by length, area and volume. Boats cross it between Bowness, Ambleside and Lakeside, and wooded shores rise to the fells on either side.
Scafell Pike 13 km
England's highest and most prominent mountain, rising to 978 metres in the Lake District. It is part of the Scafell massif, the remains of an extinct volcano, and its rocky summit draws walkers up from Wasdale and Borrowdale.
Ullswater 15 km
A glacial lake about 11 km long and up to 63 metres deep, second only to Windermere in the Lake District. It once marked part of the border between Cumberland and Westmorland, and the daffodils of Wordsworth's poem grew along its shore.
Derwentwater 17 km
A lake in the northern Lake District, lying immediately south of the market town of Keswick. Wooded islands dot its surface, launches circle its shore, and Catbells and the fells of Borrowdale rise around it.
Yorkshire Dales 64 km
A series of valleys cut into the Pennines, mostly in North Yorkshire, crossed by dry stone walls and dotted with field barns. Most of the dales lie within a national park created in 1954, and all are within the historic boundaries of Yorkshire.
Blackpool Tower 71 km
A seaside tower inspired by the Eiffel Tower, opened on 14 May 1894 and, at 158 metres, then the tallest man-made structure in the British Empire. The red-brick block at its base holds the Tower Circus, the Tower Ballroom and roof gardens.
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Questions
Where is Dove Cottage?
Dove Cottage is in Grasmere, England, United Kingdom. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Lake District (11 km), Hill Top (12 km), Windermere (12 km).
How do I get the Dove Cottage stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dove Cottage and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your England volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dove Cottage before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your England volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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