Wordsworth House, National Trust Review

This is something of a hidden gem. The house is beautifully restored and the guides are very helpful.

Interesting national trust property detailing Wordsworth life in his early years at his home in Cockermouth

Well worth a visit, informative and realistic. Pleasant helpers quickly willing to supply answers. Garden was very nice, we thoroughly recommend a trip here.

Very well presented and preserved. The volunteers are welcoming and knowledgeable helping to make a visit most interesting and worthwhile. Highly recommended, thank you National Trust.

Well worth visiting. Cafe great - and free to enter

Tenuous link to Wordsworth his actual cottage not far away

It felt as though the Wordsworth family had just left it!
Very interesting.

Very well curated, lovely place and incredibly genuine. I personally dislike Wordsworth and liked how it was more about life in old England than about his poetry. I thinking Wordsworth is just a brand that this house doesn't need since it would be just as exceptional without it

Very informative. Still enjoyed the garden even though it is Autumn

Nice place. Lots of history. My wife went in. Places around also look very nice.

Compact NT property. Childhood home of William Wordsworth.

Brilliant place have been here loads, this is our nearest national trust property, packed of interesting things, volunteers show a passion for the house an gardens.

The staff are very friendly and helpful.
Fascinating story of Wordsworth's early life which inspired his poetry.
The garden tour is a must. It's lovely.

Absolutely fascinating look back to those idyllic times.
Very well recreated. Most enjoyable afternoon.
Lovely staff, very informative, very knowledgeable.
Will remember this visit with fondness.
Thank you for all your hard work.

Lovely place. Free with NT card. Staff very friendly and welcoming. Even offered a free cuppa. Superb house and gardens.

Good place for history lovers and children especially on school holidays when re enactors are present

Delightful house which is well-stage with period exhibits. The garden is especially nice.

Visited Wordsworth House the day before it closed due to CV19.

It's such an interesting place to visit and the gardens are lovely.

Beautiful house. Very well laid out
Lots of inter active features especially for children. Excellent garden with old garden games to try.
Really worth a visit when in Cockermouth which is a lovely town.

Interesting connections, well kept house, kitchen demos, lovely garden next to the river. Stuff for kids (and older kids) to play with and do.

History from late 17 century. Wiliam Wordsworth childhood home

Only the shop and gardens were open, the house was closed.

Interesting but limited as an attraction. Worth a quick visit if nearby. House and medium sized garden to view, plus a small cafe for light meal.

What a lovely place. And the staff were so friendly and helpful

Lovely house and gardens quaint tea room and a pleasant visit all round.

Perfect house, with friendly and helpful volunteers.
Quill writing is not that hard! Now have a pot of ink to try at home, thank you :)

Brilliant, interactive, friendly and loads to do for all ages. Husband said the 2nd best of all the NT houses he had been to - and we have been to a lot!! (And I didn't like his number 1!). Daughters ages 15 and 11 enjoyed it lots too

Thoroughly enjoyed our visit here today. Staff very friendly and informative. Beautiful house and garden...an interesting insight into William Wordsworth's early life.

Another NT historic home with clever interpretation.

Tour is 30 mins and is extremely informative would recommend it to anyone who knows of Wordsworth but not a lot about him.

A working Georgian house with an expansive and beautiful gardens.

When I visited in mid April the weather was lovely and the staff were cooking food from the Georgian period in the houses kitchen.

House is a great place to visit if you are staying in Cockermouth.

A lovely house, well worth a visit, the hidden lift for my mum was great, meant she could get to all levels

Quite small overall but they have done well with it, the working kitchen is a great feature.

Great pkace staffed by friendly and helpful people. Go visit

Really interesting talk in the dining room about life as s Georgian servant and how the Georgians didn't waste anything from using goose wings as feather dusters to saving the greese from the kitchens to make candles. Found it fascinating the derivation of words.

Lovely town with shop fronts protected to retain a beautiful little market town as if frozen in time. Well worth lingering to enjoy the many restaurants and riverside walks.

Homemade food fresh from.the kitchen to sample and a trio of spooky stories told by the light of the fire.

Great staff, plenty to do and real experience of time and place. Whole family including two kids loved it.

Interesting house but a pain to find parking. Nice little garden too. Also has small tea room.

Really good National Trust house where the Wordsworth family used to live. There are numerous rooms to see with lots of information about the life and background of the family. There are also interesting exhibits with one focusing on words from different English dialects. Food is often shown being prepared in the kitchen and a harpsichord is played in one of the rooms. There is a nice cafe and shop.

Wordsworth lived for a few years when he was a boy - Hmmmm! However, the architecture and decor are very interesting - a fine example of a grand town house of the period. Really nice garden and a decent cafe.

Always a delight to see the historic house and beautiful garden

Excellent visitor attraction, audio guides available and staff in the house to explain the history of the property

This place gives you the feeling of history as the furniture was all from the correct period. Actually, the bureau in the front room was the actual one which belonged to Wiilliam. The garden is large and full of a variety of fruit and veg, which is a credit to the gardeners there. There was a tour guide taking people through the house and we listened in on one room and he seemed very knowledgeable. There was even a harpsicord in the drawing room, which you are allowed to play if you wish to and I was very tempted, maybe next time!... If you like this sort of thing then please visit and enjoy everything there is on offer here, you won't regret it.

Very nice particularly as it was free being a member

Excellent house and gardens, tea coffee and cakes are tasty and require just a donation. Well worth a visit.

For those who love Wordsworth you will be in seventh heaven .
During my visit there were visitors from the USA, Japan and Australia and of course from our own fine shores.
The House and Gardens are just a short walk from the town centre. There is no dedicated car park attached to the Attraction but there is a Pay and Display car park approximately 300 or so metres away.

The Attraction is owned by the National Tust and the opening times are as follows.
Visitor Centre. 10.30am until 5pm.
House and Garden. 11am until 5pm.
The attraction is open daily EXCEPT Friday's unless a bank holiday falls on a Friday.
Good wheelchair access around the Gardens with wheelchair friendly toilet facilities located in the Court Yard.

The House has a lift for access to the ground floor and upper floor (servants quarters ). Access to the First floor is via stairs ONLY. Those unable to negotiate the stairs are offered a free audio tour.

A good family day out in my opinion with very well kept Gardens for those who have green fingers

Interesting visit , home baking in kitchen using old methods ,great tasting food ,nice garden to wander around

Gorgeous gardens and lovely house. Lovely ladies in the tea room. I loved that kids could dress up and have a go with the toys in the nursery

My experience was somewhat marred initially by the journey time to the house to start with but then I was dissapointed by the size of the house and it's limited contents. The gentleman in the harpsichord room was very knowledgeable and staff generally polite and welcoming, it was the property that let the experience down

Didn't go there, was at Age Concern over the road. 5* for Age Concern.

Absolutely fantastic place, so glad it was saved from being demolished, a must visit if your in the area.

Nice place to visit But need more advice where to park

We went as part of the Taste Cumbria event where a pop up restaurant was set up in the kitchen, guests were allowed to explore the house. The house and gardens were very interesting but the kitchen was amazing and coupled with Michelin starred chef Kevin Tickle it was a magical experience.

Lovely Georgian house with beautiful gardens.

Apple pie a must in the cafe

Stunningly original house in a pleasant setting. You really get the feel of a house that was a home rather than a monument and the Trust have really brought it to life. Well worth the visit and the town is pleasant too

Lovely homely feel and lots of hand on experiences. Mostly about Williams life there as a child so not much of William as a man.
Lovely garden with snippets of poems on slates around the flower beds

Lovely national trust property, full of interesting facts. Good value, recommend the cafe.

Enjoyed this visit way more than expected. Interactive rooms allowed the inquisitive side of me to explore a bit more and nice guides to ask questions of. Beautiful gardens too. Went during the Word Board exhibition which was really interesting too

Went as part of a school trip with my son's school they had an absolutely fantastic time and the staff were brilliant

Great little place, have lived in the lake District for 39yrs and had never visited before, so pleased I finally have, interesting place and the children enjoyed the activity of finding the sheep and the Cumbrian words.