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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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A fell-runner who had set off from Ambleside in the hope of making it down before the storm took hold had called for help after twisting an ankle.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2025

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

Erick Mattinson hunkered down in an Ambleside church after driving to collect his wife and a friend after their bus was canceled.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 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

"But----" "But you must not interfere!" snapped the clerk--who kept the books of the Salutation in Ambleside and not of the Low Wood Inn.

From Starvecrow Farm by Stanley J. Weyman

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