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Bowness, Windermere
Bowness is the largest and most popular of all the resorts in the Lake District. Many visitors get this far and go no further. It is ideally suited for those visitors who want a range of places to sleep, eat, drink and shop in the midst of beautiful scenery: but be warned. Quiet it is not. Bowness is built almost entirely around the needs of its visitors. Here you will find gift shops, amusement arcades, gift shops, fish chips, gift shops, fast food joints, gift shops, hotels, need I go on?

Bowness is right on the coast of Windermere. From here you can hire rowing boats, take a trip on one of the many passenger steamers up and down the lake or try your hand at more adventurous water pursuits. Windermere is the largest lake in England: ten miles in length. The lake is used for a whole host of water pursuits, such as sailing, canoeing, water skiing, swimming and fishing and has many good access points. It is surrounded by magnificent fells. Your first glimpse of Windermere as you approach the lake District is always one to be treasured; it makes the whole journey worthwhile.
Beatrix Potter and the Lake District Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District along with her family on their annual holidays. They rented a number of different houses during the summer months around Windermere and Derwentwater. The success of her books enabled Beatrix Potter to buy land in the Lake District. One of the first was Hill Top, which has since become a famous literary shrine. This small Lakeland Farm House and the hamlet of Near Sawrey form the the setting for a number of her stories. The Tale of Tom Kitten and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers are based in and around Hill Top. Hill Top is open from 3 April to 31 October, daily except Thursday and Friday, from 10.30 with last admission at 4.00pm. Beatrix Potter married a local solicitor, William Heelis, from Hawkshead, just a few miles down the road from Hill Top. William's former offices are now home to the National Trust's Beatrix Potter Gallery. The Gallery contains may of Beatrix Potter's original sketches, watercolours and manuscripts. The Beatrix Potter Gallery is open from 3 April to 31 October, daily except Thursday and Friday, from 10.30 with last admission at 4.00pm. Hawkshead is one of the Lake District's more attractive villages. Howkshead is the setting for another of Beatrix Potter's books, The Tale of Johnny Town Mouse. It was in Hawkshead that another Lakeland literary figure, William Wordsworth, spent his school days. A couple of miles from Hawkshead is Tarn Hows, part of the 4,000+ acres of property that Beatrix Potter bequeathed to the National Trust. Tarm Hows is definitely one of the Lake District's most famous beauty spots.
Bowness, Windermere - English Lake District.Review by Corinne. Summer 2006. NEXT ->

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