Congratulations!You have crossed the threshold of the atmospheric, aromatic and hopelessly romantic Grasmere Gingerbread Shop.

Tucked beside St Oswald’s Churchyard in the delightful village of Grasmere, it is the only place in the world where you can buy GrasmereGingerbread®.

Invented by Victoriancook Sarah Nelson in 1854,Grasmere Gingerbread®is unique, a spicy-sweetinfusion that tastes like nothing else on earth.

From 1854 to 1904 The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop was Sarah Nelson’s ‘Church Cottage’ home. Before that it was a 17th century village school where England’s greatest poet William Wordsworth, who lived nearby, occasionally taught local children.

Discover how the original interior has barely changed over the centuries, breathe in the aroma of sweet ginger and stand in the footsteps of visitors from bygone days.

The shop’s ambience is infectious and you can still see Sarah Nelson’s storage pantry and wooden shelves, as well as the sturdy stone sills and curious nooks and crannies that evoke a very different era - a tantalising slice of history frozen in time.

Grasmere Gingerbread® is still made fresh here every day from Sarah Nelson’s secret recipe, now locked away

in a bank vault in Cumbria.

www.grasmeregingerbread.co.ukTelephone: 015394 35428

The Grasmere Gingerbread® Shop,Church Cottage, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22 9SW

Grasmere Gingerbread® is a registered trademark

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Car Park

Red Bank Road

Car &Coach Park

Dove Cottage & Wordsworth

Museum

St Oswald’s Church

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To Langdale

To Ambleside& Rydal Mount

To Keswick

EasedaleRoad

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Meadow Car Park

Riverside Walk

Stock Lane

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PyeLane

Swan Lane

Swan Hotel

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HeatonCooperStudio

National TrustInformation Centre

PostOffice

National TrustAllan Bank

The FaeryBoat Landing

GrasmereSports Field

NewsagentCo-op

Park

Taffy Thomas Storyteller

GrasmereVillage

To Coffin Trail

Garden Centre

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Grasmere: Jewel of the Lake DistrictFall in love with pastoral Grasmere, the most beautiful village in the heart of the English Lake District.

Nestling in the shadow of Helm Crag’s iconic ‘Lion and the Lamb’ rock formation, the village is a tranquil haven for wildlife, a wonderful starting point for fine upland walksand a great place for delicious food.

Discover cultural treasures in and around the village;St Oswald’s Church, the Heaton Cooper Studio, the Faery Landing boating café, the Coffin Trail alongside Rydal Water, Taffy Thomas’s Storytellers Garden and, of course, The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop. Visit Poet Laureate William Wordsworth’s Grasmere homes of Dove Cottage and Rydal

Mount and learn about his life at the Wordsworth Museum. Finally, peep inside St Oswald’s Church and stroll through the graveyard to his unassuming headstone.

Grasmere also has charming cafes andrestaurants, a garden centre, an annualsports day featuring traditional Cumberland & Westmorland wrestling, and thriving independent shops stocking clothing,

walking and climbing equipment, original art and crafts,books and souvenirs.

“I wandered lonely as a cloud...”

Wordsworth’s Grave

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