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Ambleside

British  
/ ˈæmbəlˌsaɪd /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Romantic writer lived in Rydal Mount, in Ambleside, Cumbria, from 1813 until his death in 1850 and it was put on the market by his descendants last year.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team were called to help a man who was reported to be unconscious at Grisedale Hause, near Grisedale Tarn in the Lake District.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

About 45 schools were closed for Monday in areas including Kendal, Ambleside, Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023

“It really feels like you’re walking through the Alps or some ski resort at the moment,” Harrison Ward said in the Lake District community of Ambleside.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023

At the Windermere gathering, held at Waterhead, near Ambleside, in 1810, there was a considerable amount of rivalry displayed as to whether the belt should stay in Westmorland, or go to Cumberland.

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney

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