The Grasmere Tour

Introduction to the Tour

By following this tour you can learn more about the impact of tourism on Grasmere. For Thomas Gray, visiting in 1769, Grasmere was “this little unsuspected paradise” where “all is peace, rusticity, and happy poverty, in its neatest most becoming attire”. But as tourism increased, so too did its economic benefits — both for locals and for those who settled in the area.