Hawkshead Travel Guide

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  • Hill Top Home of Beatrix Potter
      Hill Top Home of Beatrix Potter
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  • Hill Top Home of Beatrix Potter
      Hill Top Home of Beatrix Potter
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  • Peter Rabbit in the Garden of Hill Top
      Peter Rabbit in the Garden of Hill Top
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  • In the Garden Hill Top
      In the Garden Hill Top
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Visit Hill Top - The Home of Beatrix Potter

Visit Hill Top - The Home of Beatrix Potter, Hawkshead

 vichatherly Says:  We spent a nice afternoon here, after visiting the World of Beatrix Potter at Bowness-On-Windermere.We turned up on a Friday, which was not a great choice as the house is closed every Friday for cleaning purposes. Not to worry though as we a had a nice time in the gardens. 

a maze of streets

a maze of streets, Hawkshead

 stemc Says:  hawkshead is a maze of streets with small white cottage houses which in the past had a intresting history 

Have a drink in Hawkshead!

Have a drink in Hawkshead!, Hawkshead

 NigelJ Says:  Beer again! 

Have a drink in Hawkshead!

Have a drink in Hawkshead!, Hawkshead

 NigelJ Says:  More Beer! 

Have a drink in Hawkshead!

Have a drink in Hawkshead!, Hawkshead

 NigelJ Says:  Beer! 

Have a drink in Hawkshead!

Have a drink in Hawkshead!, Hawkshead

 NigelJ Says:  Eat, drink and be merry! 

Hotels  

Ivy House Hotel and Restaurant

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Queen's Head Hotel

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Off The Beaten Path  

The Drunken Duck Inn at Barngates, Coniston

The Drunken Duck Inn at Barngates, Coniston, Hawkshead

 SHADKIN Says:  At the end of another rain sodden day in the Lakes, we were all out of options where to eat out, and had even missed the local provisions stores opening times. The Lake at Coniston seamed like one of Blake's religious paintings. This is the scene of Campbell’s fatal attempt... 

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Kick back and relax

Kick back and relax, Hawkshead

 Mardai24 Says:  Hmm, so many things about Hawkshead were enjoyable. Its smallness, its villageness, the tiny streets and winding lanes, the people, the architecture, the pubs, the real ales, the food. We rented a cottage for two on the edge of the village. Beautiful cottage garden to relax... 

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 It was the summer of 2011 and we were spending four days in the lake district. We were based in Keswick. We popped into Hawkshead for the afternoon to take a look at Hill Top, the house where Beatrix... 

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the prettyist village in the lakes

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 we stop off in hawkshead to use the toilet on our way back home from keswick and to have a pint in the pub of which ther are many in hawshead for a small village 

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Hilltop - home of Beatrix Potter - near Hawkshead

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 We decided to visit Hilltop, the home of Beatrix Potter in the village of Near Sawrey, Nr Hawkshead. The house was bought by Potter in 1905 for £2,805 from the profits of her first published books... 

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