Exclusive evening visit after 5pm of Rydal Mount & Gardens, most beloved home of William Wordsworth, one of England’s finest poets.

"Nowhere on earth have I ever seen a spot of more
perfect and enjoyable beauty"
(Dr Thomas Arnold, close friend of the Wordsworth family).

We currently have 2 different tours described below: The House and Garden Tour, The Garden only tour and the Rydal Village walk.

House and Garden Tour:

Tour includes a guided tour of the historical gardens landscaped by the poet and remaining close to his original design.
Enjoy the views of Lake Windermere and Rydal Water; experience a little of the romantic ambience of this natural garden.
Relax in the poet’s library with a glass of chilled white wine & some famous Grasmere gingerbread, soaking up the history of this period of the ‘Romantics’ as the words of the poet are read.

Then experience the lived-in family atmosphere as you wander freely through the historical house of England’s Poet Laureate (1843).

Total Tour Time: 1½ hrs

Cost/Adult: £13.00

Includes wine and the famous Grasmere gingerbread.

Garden Only Tour:

Visit the gardens of one of England’s finest poets at Rydal Mount, home to William Wordsworth for 37yrs from 1813 – 1850.

It was said of Wordsworth that if he had not been a success as a poet he would have become a landscape gardener! Rydal Mount gardens were landscaped by Wordsworth & remain very close to his original design.

Enjoy a guided tour of this natural garden from the period of the ‘Romantics’, which include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats….

Admire the magnificent views of Lake Windermere, Rydal Water and the beautiful Fells of England’s Lake District while sipping a refreshing glass of wine and nibbling some famous Grasmere gingerbread. Soak up the peaceful atmosphere of this ‘most beautiful & enjoyable spot’, so wrote Dr Thomas Arnold, one of William Wordsworth’s friends, while some of Wordsworth’s poetry, which is so closely related to nature, is read to you.

Total Tour Duration: 1 hr

Cost/adult £9.00

Includes guided tour, poetry reading, wine & gingerbread. £7.50 without wine & gingerbread