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Encyclopedia Britannica



AMBLESIDE

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 795 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ALM-ANC
AMBLESIDE , a market-town in the Appleby parliamentary division of Westmorland, England, a mile from the head of Windermere. Pop. of urban
district
  (19o1) 2536. It is most beautifully situated, for though the lake is hardly visible from the town, the bare, sharply rising hills surrounding the richly wooded valley of the Rothay afford a
series
  of exquisite views. The hills immediately above this
part
  of the valley are Wansfell on the
east
 , Loughrigg Fell on the west, and
Rydal Fell and the
ridge
  below Snarker Pike (2096 ft.) to the north. At the head of Winder-mere is Waterhead. the landing-stage of Amble-side, which is served by the lake steamers of the
Furness
  Railway Company. The
chief
  roads which centre upon Ambleside areone from the town of Windermere, following the eastern shore of the lake; one from Ullswater, by Patterdale and Kirkstone Pass; one from Keswick, by Dunmail Raise and Grasmere, and the two lovely lakes of Grasmere and Rydal Water; and one from the Brathay valley and the Langdales to the west. Ambleside is thus much frequented by tourists. In its vicinity is Rydal
Mount
 , for many years the residence of the poet Wordsworth. The town has some industry in bobbin-making, and there are slate quarries in the neighbourhood.
Close by the lake side the outlines are still
visible of a Roman fort, the name of which is not known. It appears to have guarded a route over the hills by Hardknott and Wrynose Pass to Ravenglass on the
coast
  of
Cumberland
 .


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