MuseumHidden gem
Hawkshead Grammar School
Hawkshead, North West England
A 16th-century schoolroom where Wordsworth was a pupil, with his initials cut into a desk.
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 45 min
Hawkshead Grammar School was founded in 1585, and Wordsworth was among its pupils. The museum is the old schoolroom, still furnished with desks, one of which carries a carved signature said to be his. It is a quick, atmospheric stop in a car-free village that is also worth a wander.
Good to know
- Hawkshead village is pedestrianised, use the edge-of-village car park
- Combine with Hill Top and Beatrix Potter gallery
- Best time
- Spring to autumn
- Open
- Seasonal, check opening
- Getting there
- Village centre, walk from the main car park
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
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