Ambleside

/ (ˈæmbəlˌsaɪd) /

noun

a town in NW England, in Cumbria: a tourist centre for the Lake District. Pop: 3064 (2001)

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Example sentences from the Web for ambleside

Hence, a romantic and tragic story is told of two skulls which have long haunted an old house near Ambleside.
Strange Pages from Family Papers|T. F. Thiselton Dyer
In 1847, already a well-known author, he was looking out for a house in the Lake District, and staying at Ambleside.
The Book of Coniston|William Gershom Collingwood
At Chesters, the cellar had stone vaulting; at Ambleside there is no sign of this, and timber may have been used.
Roman Britain in 1914|F. Haverfield
It is a beautiful highway that skirts Lake Windermere and follows up through Ambleside.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14|Elbert Hubbard

I saw her in this state about two P.M. No medical aid was to be had nearer than Ambleside; about six miles distant.
The Collected Writing of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II|Thomas De Quincey

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