Western Lake District
Cockermouth - Wordsworth's birthplace

Cockermouth is best known as the birthplace of poet William Wordsworth; he was born in 1770, and lived here until the death of his mother in 1778. Wordsworth’s four siblings were also born in the terracotta Georgian town house (seen on the other side of the main road) including Wordsworth’s sister, Dorothy in 1771. The house now belongs to the National Trust and is open to the public.