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Dora's Field

Rydal,  Ambleside,  Cumbria,  LA22 9LX

Opening dates and times:For NGS: Sun 24 Mar (11-4)

For other opening times and information, please phone or see garden website

Admission:Adm £3, chd free

Facilities:

Contact:National Trust

Postcode:LA22 9LX

Location:1½m N of Ambleside. 
Follow A591 from Ambleside to Rydal. Dora’s Field is next to St Mary’s Church
click here for a map

Website:www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Description:Named for Dora, the daughter of the poet William Wordsworth. Wordsworth planned to build a house for Dora on the land but, after her early death, he planted the area with daffodils in her memory. Now known as Dora’s field the area is renowned for its spring display of daffodils
24th March 2013; Wordsworth's Daffodil Legacy

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