Rydal
| Rydal | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 Rydal, Cumbria | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY362046 |
| Location: | 54°25’59"N, 2°58’59"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ambleside |
| Postcode: | LA22 |
| Dialling code: | 015394 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Westmorland and Lonsdale |
Rydal is a village in Westmorland, consisting of no more than a small cluster of houses, a church and a hotel on the A591 road mid-way between Ambleside and Grasmere.
The village is significant in the history of 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.[1]
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