Rydal, Cumbria

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Rydal
Rydal, Cumbria
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OS grid reference	NY362046
Civil parish	Lakes
District	South Lakeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	AMBLESIDE
Postcode district	LA22
Dialling code	015394
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°25′59″N 2°58′59″W / 54.433°N 2.983°W / 54.433; -2.983Coordinates: 54°25′59″N 2°58′59″W / 54.433°N 2.983°W / 54.433; -2.983

Rydal is a village in Cumbria, England. It is a small cluster of houses, church and hotel 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.^[1]

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

See also[]

• Rydal Mount
• Rydal Water
• Rydal Hall

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