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Rydal, Cumbria

Village in Cumbria, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	RydalCumbria.jpg
static_image_caption	Rydal, Cumbria
coordinates
official_name	Rydal
type	Village
civil_parish	Lakes
unitary_england	Westmorland and Furness
lieutenancy_england	Cumbria
region	North West England
constituency_westminster	Westmorland and Lonsdale
post_town	AMBLESIDE
postcode_district	LA22
postcode_area	LA
dial_code	015394
os_grid_reference	NY362046
pushpin_map	United Kingdom South Lakeland
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the former South Lakeland district

Rydal is a village in Cumbria, England. It is a small cluster of houses, a hotel, and St Mary's Church, on the A591 road midway between Ambleside and Grasmere.

Historically part of Westmorland, Rydal is significant in the history of English Romantic literature. William Wordsworth lived at Rydal Mount from 1813 to 1850. Dr Thomas Arnold, notable headmaster of Rugby School, had a summer home at Fox How in nearby Under Loughrigg. Arnold's son, the poet Matthew Arnold, was a frequent visitor and a close friend of Wordsworth. At the northern end of Rydal Water is White Moss House, believed to be the only house owned by Wordsworth, which he bought for his son, Willie and which remained in the Wordsworth family until the 1930s.

Rydal is often a starting point for the Fairfield horseshoe, a hillwalking ridge hike.

Transport

Stagecoach Cumbria operates two key bus services. The primary service, numbered 555, operates a route passing Keswick, Grasmere, Ambleside, Windermere, Kendal and Lancaster. Additionally, Stagecoach Cumbria offers an open-top service, known as the "Lakesider" (service 599), providing a scenic journey connecting Grasmere, Ambleside, Windermere and Bowness-on-Windermere.

The nearest railway station is Windermere; both bus routes provide direct access to and from the station.

References

Notes

References

[http://www.whitemoss.com White Moss House]
"Rydal – Bus Times".
"CNL Winter 23 Lakes by Bus".

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