Windermere from Brockhole
Brockhole is the Lake District Visitor Information Centre and is easily found on the road from Bowness to Ambleside. It is a great place to find out more about the Lake District, in beautiful surroundings, As well as a tea room and a gift shop, there a many well marked paths in the grounds along the lake, beautiful gardens, treasure hunts (orienteering courses) for children and adults alike and a fantastic, huge adventure playground.
The Centre hosts many activities throughout the year for families and all ages. It's well worth checking out their programme.
The views from the grounds to the Lake and the nearby fells are magnificent. Brockhole's grounds run right down to the Lake. In fact, the ferry stops here to drop off and pick up passengers as it travels up and down Windermere. This lake is the largest in England: ten miles in length. It 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.
The Lake District National Park is one of 14 National parks in the United Kingdom. The Lakes lie entirely within Cumbria, and is one of England's few mountainous regions. All the land in England higher than three thousand feet above sea level lies within the Park. The Lakes, as the region is also called, were made famous during the early 19th century by the poetry and writings of William Wordsworth and the Lake Poets.
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.
A walk around the tarn takes about an hour, the path is also suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs.
A shuttle service connects Hawkshead, Hill Top and Bowness-on-Windermere.
At Bowness on Windermere you will find The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction, where the Lakeland tales are brought to life in an indoor recreation of the countryside.
You will see Peter Rabbit tucking into a carrot from Mister MacGregor's Garden and Jemima Puddleduck in a woodland glade. The Attraction is open all year except Christmas Day and from 12-31 January.
You can take a trip on a boat from Bowness on Windermere to Ambleside at the top of England's longest lake.
The boats pass Wray Castle where Beatrix stayed on her first family holiday in the Lakes.
The cruise is a relaxing way to enjoy the stunning Lake Ditsrict scenery.
Ambleside is also home to the Armitt Museum, which contains many of Beatrix Potter's watercolour studies of fungi and mosses.
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