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Hill Top Farm (Cumbria)

Description: Beatrix Potter bought Hill Top in 1905 with the royalties from her first few books, written at her parents home in ... more

Hill Top Farm (Cumbria) ... London, but inspired by her annual holiday visits to the Lake District. She visited as often as she could, but never for more than a few days at a time, sketching the house, garden, countryside and animals for her new books.

Newest Review: ... stands exactly as Beatrix left it, Set out according to her wishes the house is, as a tourist attraction, the jewel in cumbrias crown. Situated about 2 miles outside of Hawkshead in a small hamlet named Near Sawry (not to be presumed to be close to far sawry a good 5 miles further down the road!) the house draws thousands of visitors from near and far year round. Entering the free car park, ... more

... the farm outbuildings are still evidently within use today and off limits to visitors. A small hut in the cornor of the car park serves as a ticket office and again this is one of the original outbuildings to the property, I much prefer this to the ad...more

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Hill Top Farm (Cumbria): The Jewel in Cumbrias Crown (1600 words)
by - written on 20/10/09 (Very useful, 49 readings)
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"Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again." Beatrix Potter. We owe the vast majority of the Lake Districts immaculate preservation to a set of little hardback books. The authoress, if indeed that is the term for a female author, was besotted by animals, their natural form and also the lives that she imagined they led out of human earshot. This lady, of course was Beatrix Potter. Originally a young lady with a wildly active imagination and a massive talent ... Read the complete review

I thought I might see Jemmima Puddleduck! (1286 words)
by - written on 23/04/09 (Very useful, 296 readings)
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Beatrix Potter is one of our most famous children's authors and whilst we were in The Lake District recently we visited her house, Hill Top, which now belongs to the National Trust. Where is it? Hill Top is in a village called Near Sawrey which is situated about one mile to the west of Lake Windermere, about halfway along the lake and about two miles south of Hawkshead. How do you get there? When I first visited about 25 years ago I was staying in Ambleside and walked from there down to Bowness on Windermere where I caught a ferry across Lake Windermere and then walked to Near Sawrey from there. This time we were ... Read the complete review

Hill Top Farm (Cumbria): Rats galore! (814 words)
by - written on 19/06/08 (Very useful, 234 readings)
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My 5 year old son loves reading Beatrix Potter books so on a recent trip to the Lake District I knew he would love to visit Beatrix Potters house. Hill Top farm is a delightful 17th century farmhouse that was the home of Beatrix Potter for many years. How to get there. ************** Hill Top farm is situated in the tiny hamlet of near Sawrey.It is 2 miles south Hawkshead. For exact directions you can always use the AA route finder. It is possible to get to Hill Top farm by train although it is a bit of a mission! There is a train station in Windermere and from here there is a ferry across the lake. A marked off road path leads the 2 miles to the ... Read the complete review