Rydal Mount
Historic house museum.
Historic house near Ambleside
Just outside Ambleside
Rydal Mount is 1.3 km northwest of Ambleside. Towns near it ↓
Grade I listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Ambleside has 44 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Warmest: June to August
Afternoon highs of 18–19°C, on the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages for Ambleside. When to go ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Ambleside, and rain in a month. Green months are the warmest.
Rydal Mount
- Type
- Historic house
- Listed
- Grade I listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- 1.3 km northwest of Ambleside
- Official site
- rydalmount.co.uk
Where Rydal Mount is
Orange: Rydal Mount. Numbers: the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Rydal Mount
The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out. Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Also near Rydal Mount
Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Historic houseRydal Hall100 m away2MuseumMuseumThe Armitt Museum & Library2 km away3
Castle · National TrustWray Castle5.5 km away4
Historic house · National TrustHill Top11 km away5
Garden · National TrustStag Shaw Gardens3.8 km away6
Historic house · National TrustTownend5.9 km away7GardenGarden · National TrustDora's Field200 m away8
GardenHolehird Gardens7.2 km awayVisiting Rydal Mount
Where is Rydal Mount?
Rydal Mount is 1.3 km northwest of Ambleside, Cumbria.
What is Rydal Mount?
Historic house museum.
When is the best time to visit Rydal Mount?
June to August are the warmest months in Ambleside, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Rydal Mount a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed building.
What else is there to see near Rydal Mount?
Within 15 km: Rydal Hall (100 m), The Armitt Museum & Library (2 km), Wray Castle (5.5 km) and Hill Top (11 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Rydal Mount: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rydal Hall: Jpbowen at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wray Castle: CellsDeDells, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hill Top: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stag Shaw Gardens: Ben Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Townend: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holehird Gardens: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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