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Half-Day Tour of Beatrix Potter Country and Places
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Half-Day Tour of Beatrix Potter Country and Places

By English Lakes Tours
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Overview
  • Have entry to Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's home
  • Visit Hawkshead Village where her husband William Heelis had his offices and is now the Beatrix Potter Gallery
  • Enjoy the beautiful Tarn Hows, part of the Monk Coniston estate owned by Beatrix
  • See Wray Castle, the rented holiday home of the Potter family where Beatrix first encountered the Lake District
  • Pause at Yewtree Farm which was used as the stand-in for Hill Top in the film 'Miss Potter'

Activity location

    • Windermere
    • Windermere, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Bowness Pier, Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere LA23 3HQ, UK | In the layby at Pier 1 at the lake side in Bowness
    • Bowness-on-Windermere, England, United Kingdom

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedFully escorted and guided tour
  • What's includedWhat's included Entrance to Hill Top
  • What's includedWhat's included Small group size to allow for great discussions

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  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Your tour starts with a visit to Wray Castle for spectacular scenery and lake views. This is the holiday home where Beatrix first visited and fell in love with the landscape and culture of the Lake District.

You then visit Near Sawrey. This village features in many of her “little books” illustrations, the Tower Bank Arms is immediately recognisable as the place where Kep, the collie-dog goes looking for the two fox-hound puppies to rescue Jemima Puddle-duck. You will be amazed when you see it, exactly like it is in the book! Hill Top Farm was bought by Beatrix with the profits from publishing Peter Rabbit. She often visited Hill Top and wrote many more books here which were inspired by the people and the places around her in this beautiful part of England. Entrance to the gardens of Hill Top and the House are included in this tour.

William Heelis was a solicitor who advised Beatrix about her land purchases. His offices were in Hawkshead village. Today, these offices house the Beatrix Potter Gallery where many of Beatrix's documents are kept, including the copy she made of her original Peter Rabbit letter. The gallery is not included in the tour. Your guide will take you on a short tour of the most picturesque village in the Lake District. Beatrix bought a lot of land in the Lake District and owned the beautiful spot of Tarn Hows, known as one of the most beautiful places in the Lake District. You have a photo opportunity here and then, after a short scenic drive, Coniston Water comes into view.

Coniston Water is the third largest lake in the Lake District and is the straightest. You will have a short stop here to admire the view and see the famous fell of Coniston Old Man towering over the village and the lake - beautiful scenery which Beatrix knew well. Beatrix also owned a lot of farms in the area and as you travel down the Yewdale Valley back to Ambleside, you will see Yew Tree Farm, famous as a location in the film “Miss Potter”.

Location

Activity location

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    • Windermere
    • Windermere, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Bowness Pier, Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere LA23 3HQ, UK | In the layby at Pier 1 at the lake side in Bowness
    • Bowness-on-Windermere, England, United Kingdom
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    • 3 Kelsick Rd, Ambleside LA22 0BZ, UK | King Street in Ambleside near the car park
    • Ambleside, England, United Kingdom
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    • Windermere LA23 1AH, UK | Windermere Railway Station
    • Windermere, England, United Kingdom