A Guide Through the District of the Lakes in the North of England

With a Description of the Scenery, For the Use of Tourists and Residents

William Wordsworth

• Publisher: Left of Brain Books
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9781396319624
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

Born in the Lake District, this book could be seen as William's appreciation for the surrounding areas of the Lake District and the people who lived in it.BRBRIn this book, William Wordsworth has created the perfect traveller's guide. He does so in words that will leave you stunned, enthralled and yearning. This work not only reflects the poet's love of the Lake District, it describes the scenery of the many journeys he took through England's Lake District.BR BRWhen you read this book, you'll be transported to a time when England's lakes were sparkling, nature spoke to you and the breath-taking scenery would have left you speechless. The Lake District is not what it used to be. But if you ever go there, take this book with you and experience the beauty of the district once again, with words of a romantic poet that will bring your imagination to life.

ITINERARY OF THE LAKES,
for the Use of Tourists.

Inns and Public Houses, when not mentioned, are marked thus.^⁎

LANCASTER to KENDAL, by KIRKBY LONSDALE, 30 m.

INNS.—Lancaster, King’s Arms, Commercial Inn, Royal Oak.

INNS.—Kirkby Lonsdale, Rose and Crown, Green Dragon.

LANCASTER to KENDAL, by Burton, 21¾ m.

INNS.—Kendal, King’s Arms, Commercial Inn.—Burton, Royal Oak, King's Arms.

LANCASTER to KENDAL, by MILNTHORPE, 21¼ m.

INN.—Milnthorpe, Cross Keya.

LANCASTER to ULVERSTON, OVER SANDS, 21 m.

INNS.—Ulverston, Sun Inn Bradyll’s Arms.

LANCASTER to ULVERSTON, by LEVENS BRIDGE, 35½ m.

ULVERSTON to HAWKSHEAD, by CONISTON WATER-HEAD, 19 m.

INN.—Hawkshead, Red Lion.

ULVERSTON to BOWNESS, by NEWBY-BRIDGE, 16 m.

INNS.—Bowness, White Lion, Crown Inn.

HAWKSHEAD to AMBLESIDE, 5 m.

HAWKSHEAD to BOWNESS, 5½ m.

KENDAL to AMBLESIDE, 13½ m.

INNS.—Ambleside, Salutation Hotel, Commercial Inn.

KENDAL to AMBLESIDE, by BOWNESS 15 m.

A CIRCUIT from and back to AMBLESIDE by LITTLE and GREAT LANGDALE, 18 m.

AMBLESIDE to ULSWATER, 10 m.

AMBLESIDE to KESWICK, 16¼ m.

EXCURSIONS FROM KESWICK.

INNS.—Keswick, Royal Oak, Queen’s Head.

To BORROWDALE, and ROUND THE LAKE, 12 m.

To BORROWDALE and BUTTERMERE.

TWO DAYS’ EXCURSION TO WASTDALE, ENNERDALE, and LOWES-WATER

KESWICK ROUND BASSENTHWAITE WATER.

KESWICK to PATTERDALE, and by POOLEY BRIDGE to PENRITH.

INNS.—Penrith, Crown Inn, The George.

KESWICK to POOLEY BRIDGE and PENRITH.

KESWICK to PENRITH, 17½ m.

WHITEHAVEN to KESWICK, 27 m.

INNS. Whitehaven, Black on, Golden Lion, the Globe.

INNS. Cockermouth, The Globe. The Sun.

WORKINGTON to KESWICK, 21 m.

The road joins that from Whitehaven to Keswick 4 miles from Workington.

INNS. Workington, Green Dragon, New Crown, King’s Arms.

EXCURSION from PENRITH to HAWESWATER.

CARLISLE to PENRITH, 18 m.

INNS—Carlisle, The Bush, Coffee House, King’s Arms.

PENRITH to KENDAL. 26 m.

INNS.—Shap, Greyhound, King’s Arms.

Notes

[←1]

Mr. Green’s Guide to the Lakes, in two vols., contains a complete Magazine of minute and accurate information of this kind, with the names of mountains, streams, &c.

[←2]

No longer strictly applicable, on account of recent plantations.

[←3]

See reference page.

[←4]

Anciently spelt Langden, and so called by the old inhabitants to this day—dean, from which the latter part of the word is derived, being in many parts of England a name for a valley.

[←5]

See that admirable Idyllium, the Catillus and Salia, of Landor.

[←6]

In fact there is not an instance of a harbour on the Cumberland side of the Solway frith that is not dry at low water; that of Ravenglass, at the mouth of the Esk, as a natural harbour is much the best. The Sea appears to have been retiring slowly for ages from this coast. From Whitehaven to St. Bees extends a track of level ground, about five miles in length, which formerly must give been under salt water, so as to have made an island of the high ground that stretches between it and the Sea.

[←7]

This species of fir is in character much superior to the American which has usurped its place: Where the fir is planted for ornament, let it be by all means of the aboriginal species, which can only be procured from the Scotch nurseries.

[←8]

A squirrel (so I have heard the old people of Wytheburn say) might have gone from their chapel to Keswick without alighting on the ground.

[←9]

Dr. Brown, the author, of this fragment, was from his infancy brought up in ...

Table of contents

• DIRECTIONS AND INFORMATION FOR THE TOURIST.
• DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE LAKES.
• SECTION FIRST. View of the Country as Formed by Nature.
• SECTION SECOND. Aspect of the Country, as Affected by Its Inhabitants.
• SECTION THIRD. Changes, and Rules of Taste for Preventing Their Bad Effects.
• MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS.
• EXCURSIONS TO THE TOP OF SCAWFELL AND ON THE BANKS OF ULSWATER.
• ODE. The Pass of Kirkstone.
• ITINERARY OF THE LAKES, for the Use of Tourists.