Admission Prices & Opening Times

Admission prices & opening times

Your ticket buys you:

• A fascinating guided tour of Dove Cottage.
• Admission into the Wordsworth Museum and Art Gallery (there are written and audio guides to guide you around).
• Admission into the special exhibitions.
• During the school holidays, the Foyle Room, opposite Dove Cottage, is open for family activities.
• Free parking for the duration of your visit.

Admission prices for 2010
Adult ticket: £7.50
Child ticket: £4.50 (under 6 free)
Family ticket, 1 or 2 adults + 1-3 children: £17.20

Please click here for group booking information.

Opening times
During the summer we are open every day at 9.30am and last admission is at 5pm. The museum and cottage both close at 5.30pm.

During the winter, until 28 February 2010, we are open every day at 9.30am and last admission is at 4pm. The museum and cottage both close at 4.30pm.

We are closed from 4-29 January 2010 for yearly maintenance and cleaning.

How to find us
Dove Cottage, the Wordsworth Museum and Art Gallery is located on the A591, the main Kendal - Keswick road through the central Lake District.

Leave the M6 at junction 36 and follow the signs for Kendal, Windermere and Ambleside.

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The nearest train station is Windermere (8 miles away) and there are regular buses - service 555 or 599.

For further information on how to get to Dove Cottage, the Wordsworth Museum & Art Gallery by public transport, click here.

Sat Nav coordinates
The Dove Cottage carpark is:
Latitude = 54.4537, Longitude = -3.0167
Lat = 54 degrees, 27.2 minutes North
Long = 3 degrees, 1.0 minutes West
Postcode: LA22 9SQ

Free Parking
Free parking is available for cars and coaches for the duration of your visit.

Facilities for the Disabled
Full disabled access is available to the Wordsworth Museum and Art Gallery using a combination of ramps and lifts (elevators).

As Dove Cottage is an historic building, we have been unable to make provision for disabled access. However, most wheelchairs will find the ground floor accessible, and there is a "virtual tour" of the cottage available at the information point in the Wordsworth Museum. A member of the team will be happy to guide you on this tour, should you wish.

Disabled lavatory facilities are available inside the Museum building and in the Jerwood Centre.

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