# Things to see in Grasmere (United Kingdom): 161 places and when to go

> Grasmere is a town in United Kingdom, and this site lists 161 places in and around it, mainly Nature (132), Mountains (129), History (12). The best known are Lake District, Scafell Pike and Helvellyn. The best time to come is April to September; also possible: February to March, October and December. In June there are 16 h 57 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 03. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/grasmere/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** United Kingdom · 54.4573, -3.0233
- **Places:** 161 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/naturaleza/) (132) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/montana/) (129) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/historia/) (12) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/senderismo/) (9) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/museos/) (7) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/espiritual/) (4)
- **Best time:** April to September.
- **Also possible:** February to March, October and December.
- **Nearest airport:** MAN Manchester, Greater Manchester, 133 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Scafell Pike, at 978 m.

## What to see in Grasmere

The places in and around Grasmere, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Lake District](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-english-lake-district/): Mountainous region in North West England, UK · 4.5 km
- [Scafell Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/scafell-pike/): Highest mountain in England · 12 km
- [Helvellyn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/helvellyn/): Mountain in the English Lake District · 7.8 km
- [Hardknott Roman Fort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hardknott-roman-fort/): Archeological site in Cumbria, England, UK · 13 km
- [Scafell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sca-fell/): Nature · Mountains · 13 km
- [Fairfield](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fairfield/): Fell in the English Lake District · 4.9 km
- [Hill Top, Cumbria](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hill-top/): Writer's house museum in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England, UK · 12 km
- [Glaramara](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/glaramara/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 9.7 km
- [Great Gable](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/great-gable/): Mountain in the United Kingdom · 13 km
- [High Raise](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/high-raise/): Mountain in the Central Fells of the Lake District, Cumbria, United Kingdom · 6.1 km
- [Bowfell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bowfell/): Mountain in the United Kingdom · 9.3 km
- [Dove Cottage](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dove-cottage/): House museum in Grasmere, Cumbria, United Kingdom · 555 m
- [Dove Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dove-crag/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 4.8 km
- [Esk Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/esk-pike/): Nature · Mountains · 10 km
- [Great End](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/great-end/): Mountain in the Scafell chain, in the English Lake District · 11 km
- [Harter Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/harter-fell/): Mountain in Eskdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, England · 14 km
- [Silver How](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/silver-how/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 1.5 km
- [Stony Cove Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/stony-cove-pike/): Mountain in the United Kingdom · 8.4 km
- [Brim Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/brim-fell/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 11 km
- [Dow Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dow-crag/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 12 km
- [Froswick](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/froswick/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 9.8 km
- [Ambleside Roman Fort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/galava-roman-fort/): Roman fort near Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom · 5.3 km
- [Great Dodd](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/great-dodd/): Mountain in the Lake District, Cumbria, United Kingdom · 13 km
- [Great Rigg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/great-rigg/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 3.6 km

And the other 137, by what you come to do:

- **Nature**: [Grey Friar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/grey-friar/), [Harrison Stickle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/harrison-stickle/), [Ill Bell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ill-bell/), [Kirk Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kirk-fell/), [Old Man of Coniston](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/old-man-of-coniston/), [Place Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/place-fell/), [Yoke](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/yoke/), [Blea Rigg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/blea-rigg/), [Branstree](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/branstree/), [Dale Head](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dale-head/), [Glenridding Dodd](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/glenridding-dodd/), [Hart Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hart-crag/), [Helm Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/helm-crag/), [High Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/high-pike/), [Kidsty Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kidsty-pike/), [Lingmell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lingmell/), [Lingmoor Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lingmoor-fell/), [Mardale Ill Bell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/mardale-ill-bell/), [Orrest Head](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/orrest-head/), [Pike o' Blisco](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/pike-of-blisco/), [Pike of Stickle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/pike-of-stickle/), [Red Screes](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/red-screes/), [Seat Sandal](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/seat-sandal/), [Slight Side](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/slight-side/), [Stybarrow Dodd](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/stybarrow-dodd/), [Swirl How](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/swirl-how/), [Ullscarf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ullscarf/), [Wansfell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/wansfell-baystones/), [Allen Crags](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/allen-crags/), [Angletarn Pikes](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/angletarn-pikes-south-top/), [Armboth Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/armboth-fell/), [Arnison Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/arnison-crag/), [Base Brown](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/base-brown/), [Beda Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/beda-fell/), [Birkhouse Moor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/birkhouse-moor/), [Birks](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/birks-summit/), [Bleaberry Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bleaberry-fell/), [Brandreth](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/brandreth/), [Broad Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/broad-crag/), [Brock Crags](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/brock-crags/), [Brown Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/brown-pike/), [Buck Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/buck-pike/), [Calf Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/calf-crag/), [Castle Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/castle-crag/), [Cold Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cold-pike/), [Dollywaggon Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dollywaggon-pike/), [Fleetwith Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fleetwith-pike/), [Gibson Knott](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/gibson-knott-wainwright-cairn/), [Grange Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/grange-fell-brund-fell-summit/), [Gray Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/gray-crag/), [Great Carrs](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/great-carrs/), [Great Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/great-crag/), [Great How](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/great-how/), [Green Gable](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/green-gable/), [Grey Knotts](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/grey-knotts/), [Hart Side](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hart-side/), [Hartsop above How](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hartsop-above-how/), [Hartsop Dodd](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hartsop-dodd/), [Heron Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/heron-pike/), [High Hartsop Dodd](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/high-hartsop-dodd/), [Holehird Gardens](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/holehird-gardens/), [Holme Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/holme-fell/), [Kentmere Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kentmere-pike/), [Lodore Falls](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lodore-falls/), [Seathwaite Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/seathwaite-fell/), [Sheffield Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sheffield-pike/), [Shipman Knotts](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/shipman-knotts/), [Troutbeck Tongue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/troutbeck-tongue/), [Wetherlam](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/wetherlam/), [Rosthwaite Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bessyboot/), [Bowder Stone](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bowder-stone/), [Catstye Cam](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/catstycam/), [Hard Knott](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hard-knott/), [High Rigg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/high-rigg/), [High Spy](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/high-spy/), [High Tove](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/high-tove/), [Ill Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ill-crag/), [Little Hart Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/little-hart-crag/), [Loft Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/loft-crag/), [Loughrigg Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/loughrigg-fell/), [Low Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/low-pike/), [Maiden Moor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/maiden-moor/), [Middle Dodd](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/middle-dodd/), [Nab Scar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/nab-scar/), [Nethermost Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/nethermost-pike/), [Pavey Ark](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/pavey-ark/), [Seathwaite, Cumberland](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/plumbago-mines/), [Rampsgill Head](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rampsgill-head-summit/), [Raven Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/raven-crag/), [Rossett Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rossett-pike/), [Sallows](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sallows/), [Sergeant Man](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sergeant-man/), [Sergeant's Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sergeant-s-crag/), [St Sunday Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-sunday-crag/), [Stagshaw Garden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/stag-shaw-gardens/), [Steel Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/steel-fell/), [Stone Arthur](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/stone-arthur/), [The Knott](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-knott/), [The Nab](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-nab/), [Thornthwaite Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/thornthwaite-crag/), [Thunacar Knott](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/thunacar-knott-summit/), [Watson's Dodd](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/watsons-dodd/), [White Side](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/white-side/), [Eagle Crag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/eagle-crag/), [Greenside Mine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/greenside-lead-mine/), [Latterbarrow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/latterbarrow/), [Little Stand](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/little-stand/), [Raise](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/raise/), [Rest Dodd](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rest-dodd/), [Sour Howes](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sour-howes/), [White Maiden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/white-maiden/), [Borrowdale Rainforest National Nature Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/borrowdale-rainforest-national-nature-reserve/)
- **History**: [Langdale axe industry](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/langdale-axe-stone-quarry/), [Wray Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/wray-castle/), [Allan Bank](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/allan-bank/), [Townend](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/townend/), [Wythburn Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/wythburn-church/), [Esthwaite Lodge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/yha-hawkshead/)
- **Temples**: [St Olaf's Church, Wasdale](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-olaf/), [St Oswald's Church, Grasmere](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/saint-oswald-s-church/), [St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/saint-michael-and-all-angels/)
- **Museums and art**: [Armitt Library](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-armitt-museum-library/), [Ruskin Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-ruskin-museum/), [Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/threlkeld-quarry-mining-museum/), [Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/windermere-jetty/), [Brantwood](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/brantwood/), [Hawkshead Grammar School](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hawkshead-grammar-school/)
- **Mountains**: [Bishop's Scale Hut](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bishop-s-scale-hut/), [Great Langdale Bunkhouse](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/great-langdale-bunkhouse/), [Low House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/low-house/), [Noran Bank Farm Bunkhouse](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/noran-bank-farm-bunkhouse/), [Rookin House Camping Barn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rookin-house-camping-barn/)
- **Hiking**: [Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/coast-to-coast-walk-st-bees-to-shap/), [Cumbria Way](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cumbria-way/), [Dubs Hut](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dubs-hut/), [Warnscale Head](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/warnscale-head/)
- **Food and drink**: [Coniston Brewing Co Ltd](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/coniston-brewing-co-ltd/)

## When to go to Grasmere

The best time to visit Grasmere is **April to September**; also possible: February to March, October and December. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Better not | 7 h 36 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 26 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 28 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 47 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 47 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 57 |
| July | Best time | 16 h 28 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 41 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 25 |
| October | Possible | 10 h 10 |
| November | Better not | 8 h 07 |
| December | Possible | 7 h 03 |

In June there are 16 h 57 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 03. In April, 161 of the 161 places are at their best.

When to go to United Kingdom in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Grasmere

The nearest main airport is Manchester Airport (MAN, Manchester, Greater Manchester), 133 km as the crow flies. How to get around United Kingdom (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=54.4573%2C-3.0233)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.4573%2C-3.0233)

## Other towns nearby

- [Lakeside](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lakeside/): 51 places · 20 km
- [Penrith](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/penrith/): 42 places · 29 km
- [Cockermouth](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cockermouth/): 79 places · 32 km
- [Haverigg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/haverigg/): 32 places · 33 km
- [Sedbergh](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sedbergh/): 41 places · 34 km
- [Capernwray](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/capernwray/): 57 places · 41 km

And all of United Kingdom, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Grasmere?

The best known: [Lake District](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-english-lake-district/), [Scafell Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/scafell-pike/), [Helvellyn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/helvellyn/), [Hardknott Roman Fort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hardknott-roman-fort/), [Scafell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sca-fell/). In all, 161 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Grasmere?

April to September; also possible: February to March, October and December. In June there are 16 h 57 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 03.

### How do you get to Grasmere?

The nearest main airport is Manchester Airport (MAN), 133 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.4573%2C-3.0233) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Grasmere as the destination and these 161 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).