  thumb|right|grasmere village and lake as seen from the fell of stone arthur grasmere is a village, and popular tourist destination, in the centre of the english lake district. it takes its name from the adjacent lake, and is associated with the lake poets. the poet william wordsworth, who lived in grasmere for fourteen years, described it as "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found".a farewell. retrieved 02 december 2013 before 1974, grasmere lay within the former county of westmorland, but today it is part of the county of cumbria. ==etymology== " 'the lake flanked by grass'; 'gres', 'mere'. early spellings in 'grys-', 'gris(s)-' might suggest on 'griss' 'young pig' as 1st el.[ement], but the weight of the evidence points to oe/on 'gres' 'grass', with the modern form influenced by standard english....the medial '-s(s)e-' may, as suggested by ekwall in depn, point to on 'gres-saer' 'grass-lake' as the original name...". plus the element "'mere' oe, mode 'lake, 'pool'."whaley, 2006, p.411, (oe is old english, the language spoken until about ad 1100; on is old norse.) ==geography== the village is on the river rothay which flows into grasmere lake which lies about 0.5&nbsp;km to the west. the village is overlooked from the now by the rocky hill of helm crag, popularly known as the lion and the lamb or the young lady at the piano. these names are derived from the shape of rock formations on its summit, depending on which side you view it from.retrieved on 2008-02-07 a number of popular walks begin near the centre of the village, including the ascent of helm crag and a longer route up to fairfield. the village is also on the route of alfred wainwright's coast to coast walk.http://www.wainwright.org.uk/coast_to_coast/index.html thumb|right|grasmere village the a591 connects grasmere to the vale of keswick over dunmail raise to
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