Pretty villages in the Lake District

Another small northern village is Buttermere, where may be found a memorial to Alfred Wainwright, the famous Lakeland fell walker, whose walking guides are popular to this day. Wainwright’s favourite fell was Haystacks, where he asked that his ashes might be scattered. His memorial at Buttermere’s St James’ Church is set into its south window, from which there is an excellent view of Haystacks.

Moving to the South Lakes, we have the popular tourist village of Grasmere, known for its gingerbread and Wordsworth connections. Grasmere is also home to the Heaton Cooper Studio, the art gallery and shop that celebrates and sells the works of its famous original founder, artist Alfred Heaton Cooper and his son, William Heaton Cooper.

Straddling the North and South Lakes is Troutbeck, an elongated village situated in the beautiful Troutbeck Valley. Beatrix Potter had a farm here, Troutbeck Park Farm, where she bred Herdwick sheep. The farm was bequeathed to the National Trust on her demise.

The Lake District is approximately 32 miles wide by 40 miles long. Blenheim Lodge, our guest house in Bowness-on-Windermere, is in the South Central Lakes, and is therefore ideally situated for easy jaunts around the Lake District. In this post, I have picked at random a few pretty villages in the Lake District to share with you. However, there are many more which I hope to share with you another time.

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