3-Day Beatrix Potter Experience

Enjoy two nights stay at Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel located close to Lake Windermere. This comfortable hotel, formerly owned by Beatrix Potter is set in 6 acres of mature gardens and offers superb accommodation and fine dinning in it's award winning restaurant. Views over the lake and to the fells are spectacular anytime of the year.

Your short break also includes the Beatrix Potter's Lakeland and Wordsworth Tour: A visit to Hilltop farm is the highlight of this tour but lovers of Beatrix Potter know that her world extended throughout the Lake District, from Sawrey, Hawkshead, Tarn Hows and Yewdale in the south to Derwentwater and Newlands in the north and the head of the Troutbeck Valley in the east.

The tour also visits location used in the making of the "Miss Potter" movie staring Rene Zellweger. Likewise William Wordsworth traveled extensively throughout the Lake District and this tour is especially designed to visit particular places that can be associated with the areas two most famous literary figures. All will be explained during this wonderful 14 lakes and tarns tour with stops for photographs and short walks.

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Schedule details

Departure Point:

Windermere Railway Station, or hotels/guest houses/youth hostels in Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere or Ambleside

Departure Time:

9:25am

Return Details:

Returns to original departure point

Pricing information

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Additional information

Inclusions:

• Lake cruise
• Hotel pickup and drop off
• Luxury mini-coach transport
• Two breakfasts and two dinners
• Beatrix Potter's Lakeland and Wordsworth tour
• Two nights accommodation at Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel

Exclusions:

• Entrance fees
• Gratuities (optional)
• Food and drinks, unless specified

Additional Information:

• Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 14 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
• Maximum tour group size is 16
• Please advise at time of booking if wheelchair access is required.
• Please Note: Hilltop is closed every Friday and most Thursdays, however the gardens and shop are open
• Not recommended for child aged 15 and under
• Adult pricing applies to all travelers

Itinerary:

Day One: Arrival transfer to accommodation and free time
Day Two: Beatrix Potter's Lakeland and Wordsworth tour
Day Three: Free time and departure transfer from accommodation

Tour Highlights

• Beatrix Potter's Hilltop Farm - home of Peter Rabbit (40 minute stopover)
• Jeremy Fisher's Esthwaite Water
• Jemimah Puddleduck's village of Near Sawrey
• Squirrel Nutkin's Derwentwater
• Stunningly beautiful Tarn Hows
• Coniston Water - lake cruise
• Hawkshead Village and Wordsworth's Grammar School
• Ullswater - "Queen of the English Lakes"
• Aira Force Waterfall - the Lake District's most dramatic waterfall
• Castlerigg Stone Circle - the enigmatic ancient stone circle
• William Wordsworth's Dove Cottage
• Grasmere - stopover in village for lunch (own expense)

Local Operator Information:

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