Wordsworth House, National Trust Review

Not to be missed heritage attraction. Friendly and attentive staff. Free one hour parking available on display of Parking Disc which can be collected from Council office nextdoor. For literary and heritage buffs, this is a fantastic place to visit with an abundance of natural beauty within short driving distance from the town.

A great place to step back in time.
Free tea and coffee in the cafe was a nice surprise.

Worth a visit if you're in the area. If only to see what life was like at that time in history.

Fascinating place and some really great staff. Don't miss out on the garden.

Very interesting. Lots to look at. Georgian cookery too!

Loved the exhibition. Where poppies flow. Especially the slates with quotes around the garden

Quite a small property,but has lovely gardens. A very unusual bonus.....a cup of tea and a cake for free (donation if you wish) at the end of your visit.

Usual National Trust fair. Old House, furniture etc.

National Trust property that should be on your list. Brilliant garden.

Third time here in ten years. Always enjoy it even though it was very wintery this time.

Usual NT property. Friendly and helpful staff and volunteers. Good for all the family.

Lovely place giving a good insight into the lifestyle of the day. Not hugely Wordsworth but nice in it's own right. A good location in the heart of Cockermouth too

Great place, interesting and informative. Great audio tour, lovely little garden.

Very interesting. Learned a lot i didn't know. The cook was cooking and the smell was amazing. She then did a 20min talk about wordsworths childhood interesting.

Kid friendly place. Costumes for the kids to dress up.

Great place to visit for about 1 to 1.5 hours. Nice actors in period dress to give talks. Nice period furniture and food!
My favourite part was the little walled garden to the rear. There is also a WW1 poetry exhibit complete with hand written soldier diaries and poetry drafts. A good little place to visit but not a full day out experience.

Love the history and so happy to see how well the garden is recovering from the floods of 2009 and 2015

A very intresting house to look around, a glimpse of not just William Wordsworths home but a look at how the gentry of the time lived, the national trust have done their usual fantastic job of presenting a house that you can interact with, plenty of staff on hand to pass on information to enhance the experience, there is a small garden to the rear of the house but its mainly about the house, there is a small shop on site.

Great place to visit. Lovely gardens and interesting displays. Fab self service honesty cafe.

Very original, helpful staff and fully functional kitchen and garden.

Beautiful old house & gardens. Just a wee bit small compared to most NT properties. There is though a free (donation requested) cafe offering tea & coffee and lovely scones.

Stop cold calling mewhen i havent been in and only walked past the building

Beautiful return to the past or stay in the present

Beautiful house with original features and interactive guides. Great exhibition of well known faces and personalities of the lake District. Flowering garden with well established plants and a working kitchen. Well worth a visit.

Interesting place to visit given connection. Of note is there is no car park but there are pay and display car parks very close to the location. Recommended if you are in the area.

An absolutely stunning and amazing house as well as an educational journey about the life of the Wordsworth's. Staff were so friendly and helpful providing detailed information. A real treat and something for all ages!

As a NT member iv been to lots of places like this however this is very good for a visit

Interesting to see the house as it would have been when Wordsworth lived there. Staff in period costume happy to answer questions. Museums usually say "don't touch" but here we were invited to play the harpsichord. Wonderful experience.

Super town house and garden which the National Trust have successfully transformed to effectively portray what it would have been like at the time that Wordsworth lived there.
Staff were very helpful and knowledgable eager to answer questions and we were treated to an interesting talk on how William's sister Dorothy was a great influence in is life.
We shall certainly return. Thank you.

I didn't know that thay planted things in the trenches in the first world war

An absolutely fantastic hands on place, dress up for children a real family fun place to visit

It's just a quaint little house that Wordsworth lived in as a child. Only a short visit is needed. The gardens are beautiful.

Beautiful gardens & house. Great food at cafe worth the visit as went twice!

National Trust property. Excellent place to visit and see. Friendly volunteers always helpful and help children to engage with history in a practical way.

well worth a visit. Surprisingly small rooms for a large house.

The Wordsworth family have just left the house for a moment and you have the chance to time travel and have a nose around!

Worth a visit. Good interactive demonstrations in kitchen and children's bedroom.

Love the walled garden history in these places brill Cockermouth also worth visit

I'm not a fan of the guy but I loved looking around this house and seeing how he once lived. The house is beautiful and so is the gardens.

Staff very helpful all of them smiling. Very enjoyable experience.

Wonderful, informative and helpful staff. Needs to be linked to a Dove Cottage vist in Grasmere for the full fat five star Wordsworth experience. The kitchen experience is great for younger historians.