Visit Grizedale Places

Welcome to Visit Grizedale Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Grizedale

  

Grizedale Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Grizedale

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You can visit Grizedale places with Walkfo Grizedale to hear history at Grizedale’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Grizedale has 20 places to visit in our interactive Grizedale map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Grizedale, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Grizedale places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Grizedale & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Grizedale Places Map
20 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Grizedale tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Grizedale

  

Best Grizedale places to visit

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Grizedale has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Grizedale’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Grizedale’s information audio spots:

Coniston Water Coniston Water is the third-largest lake in the Lake District by volume. It is five miles long by half a mile wide (8 km by 800 m) and covers an area of 1.89 square miles (4.9 km) The lake has a maximum depth of 184 feet (56 m) above sea level. It drains to the sea via the River Crake.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead St Michael and All Angels Church is in the village of Hawkshead, Cumbria. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

Esthwaite Water Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in northern England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water, in the traditional county of Lancashire; since 1974 in the county of Cumbria. The lake is known for its excellent fishing, particularly trout and pike.

Top o’Selside At 335 metres (1,099 ft), it is the highest point of a group of hills situated between Coniston Water and Windermere. This group also includes the Wainwright of Black Fell and the summits of Black Brows and Rusland Heights.

Lawson Park Lawson Park is a remote English Lake District hillfarm, leased by Grizedale Arts. It is situated opposite the village of Coniston overlooking Coniston Water. A major refurbishment by architects Sutherland Hussey in 2007/8/9 has seen the farm transformed into a residency and office base.

Carron Crag Carron Crag is a small fell in Grizedale Forest with a height of 314 metres (1,030 ft) Adjacent to the trig point is a large panopticon sculpture, one of over 70 in the forest. It is the subject of a chapter of The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Grizedale Forest Grizedale Forest is a 24.47 km area of woodland in the Lake District of North West England. It is a popular tourist destination with waymarked footpaths, mountain biking, an aerial assault course, a 16-bed hostel and a visitor centre. The forest continues to be used for two annual rallies: the Malcolm Wilson Rally.

Brantwood Brantwood is a historic house museum in Cumbria, England, overlooking Coniston Water. It has been the home of a number of prominent people, including John Ruskin. The house and grounds are administered by a charitable trust.

Hill Top, Cumbria Hill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in Cumbria. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof. The house was once the home of children’s author and illustrator Beatrix Potter.

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