What's on at Wordsworth House and Garden
The Word-Hoard: Love Letters to Our Land
An exhibition curated by best-selling author Robert Macfarlane
Tue 25 Jul 2017
+ 34 other dates
11:00-16:00
Playthings and pastimes
Explore the weird world of Georgian leisure
Wed 26 Jul 2017
+ 5 other dates
11:30-11:45
+ other times
Walk on the wild side
Have fun in the garden
Thu 27 Jul 2017
+ 5 other dates
11:30-12:00
+ other times
Dumbledore and Horniegoggle
Go wild like William and Dorothy on our trail
Sat 29 Jul 2017
+ 7 other dates
11:00-16:00
Dumbledore and Horniegoggle
Go wild like William and Dorothy on our trail
Sun 30 Jul 2017
+ 13 other dates
11:00-16:00
Matters of life and death
Take a guided tour and learn how the house was saved
Mon 04 Sep 2017
+ 13 other dates
11:30-12:00
+ other times
Conserving William's garden
Join our head gardener for a guided tour
Tue 05 Sep 2017
+ 3 other dates
11:30-12:00
Sounds of the 18th century
Hear our harpsichord being played
Tue 05 Sep 2017
+ 6 other dates
13:30-15:30
Hard at work for the Wordsworths
Step back in time with the servants
Wed 06 Sep 2017
+ 12 other dates
14:30-14:45
Objects of Celebrity #1 The Bowder Stone
A exhibition about a rock the size of a house and the thrill-seeking early tourists who flocked to the Lakes to see it.
Mon 11 Sep 2017
+ 41 other dates
11:00-16:00
King Pocky and the Georgian thrill-seekers
An evening talk followed by coffee, cake and conversation
Tue 26 Sep 2017
19:30-21:00
National Poetry Day
Celebrate National Poetry Day at Wordsworth's childhood home
Thu 28 Sep 2017
11:00-17:00
A life in the landscape
An evening talk followed by coffee, cake and conversation
Tue 24 Oct 2017
19:30-21:00
Spooky fireside tales
Listen to the costumed servants' ghost stories
Thu 26 Oct 2017
+ 1 other date
11:30-11:45
+ other times