Above Ambleside

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About Ambleside

Ambleside, a small town in the Lake District, has now become a major tourist resort with shops, restaurants, cinema and a large selection of places to stay.

At the northern end of Windermere, perfectly located in the heart of the national park. Surrounded by majestic Lakeland fells, Ambleside’s roots are in the medieval woollen trade, but the town you see today is primarily Victorian, built of traditional grey slate.

The town’s name is derived from the Old Norse “Á-mel-sǽtr” which literally translates as “river – sandbank – summer pasture”. To the south of Ambleside is the Roman fort of Galava, dating from AD 79. In 1650 the town was granted a charter to hold a market.