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Beatrix Potter's Lakeland and Wordsworth Tour
Duration:
8 hours Starts from:
Windermere,
price: from 43 EUR
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TOUR DESCRIPTION
If you're a fan of Beatrix Potter, then this tour is a must. Travel through the Lake District and visit Beatrix Potter's Hilltop Farm, home of Peter Rabbit, take a lake cruise of Ullswater, "Queen of the English Lakes" and see one of the first stone circles built in Britain - Castlerigg Stone Circle.
This tour is seasonal and operates from January to October only.
A visit to Hilltop farm is a 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 in the north and to the head of the Troutbeck Valley in the east.The tour also visits location used in the making of the "Miss Potter" movie staring Renee 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. Your tour also includes a lake cruise of Ullswater - "Queen of the English Lakes".
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)
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ROUTE DETAILS
Start from: Windermere,
Visited cities:
Windermere
Finish point: Windermere,
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Access for disabled: no
Guidance type: guided tour
Tour languages: English
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