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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 795 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AMBLESIDE , a See also:

market-See also:town in the See also:Appleby See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Westmorland, See also:England, a mile from the See also:head of See also:Windermere. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19o1) 2536. It is most beautifully situated, for though the See also:lake is hardly visible from the town, the See also:bare, sharply rising hills surrounding the richly wooded valley of the Rothay afford a See also:series of exquisite views. The hills immediately above this See also:part of the valley are Wansfell on the See also:east, Loughrigg See also:Fell on the See also:west, and Rydal Fell and the See also:ridge below Snarker See also:Pike (2096 ft.) to the See also:north. At the head of Winder-See also:mere is Waterhead. the landing-See also:stage of Amble-See also:side, which is served by the lake steamers of the See also:Furness Railway See also:Company. The See also:chief roads which centre upon Ambleside are—one from the town of Windermere, following the eastern See also:shore of the lake; one from Ullswater, by Patterdale and Kirkstone Pass; one from See also:Keswick, by Dunmail Raise and See also:Grasmere, and the two lovely lakes of Grasmere and Rydal See also:Water; and one from the Brathay valley and the Langdales to the west. Ambleside is thus much frequented by tourists. In its vicinity is Rydal See also:Mount, for many years the See also:residence of the poet See also:Wordsworth. The town has some See also:industry in bobbin-making, and there are See also:slate quarries in the neighbourhood. See also:Close by the lake side the outlines are still visible of a See also:Roman fort, the name of which is not known. It appears to have guarded a route over the hills by Hardknott and Wrynose Pass to Ravenglass on the See also:coast of See also:Cumberland.

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