Tour A - Half day
Peter Rabbit & Lake cruise
Tour
Highlights
- Beautiful
Lakeland views
- Wray
Castle - used as a holiday home by Beatrix Potter
- Hill
Top Farm – the home of Beatrix Potter
- Hawkshead
Village - save £1.50 on the entry to Beatrix Potter
Gallery
- Scenic
cruise on Lake Windermere
- Combine
with our Tour D for a 'Miss Potter' movie tour that covers
most of the locations used in the film
This
three hour tour takes you to some of the most important
features in the Lake District - the home of Beatrix Potter
(and Peter Rabbit) - The ancient village of Hawkshead -
and a cruise on Lake Windermere, still leaving time for
some shopping in Windermere or Bowness.
Members of The
National Trust can save £5.80
off the tour price and when you join the National Trust
today, you’ll be able to visit some of the most beautiful
properties, magnificent gardens, breathtaking coastline
and significant historical sites that Britain has to offer.
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Pick
up from your guesthouse or from Oxenholme station
at 09:52
We
depart up the eastern shore of Windermere, enjoying
the views as we travel closer to the market town of
Ambleside. Passing the site of the Roman Fort of Galava
at Waterhead, we journey on the narrow winding road
to the home of Peter Rabbit.
En route we experience the typical Lakeland countryside
with forests, hills and green fields dotted with Herdwick
sheep and cows.
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11:20 |
On
to Hill Top Farm, bought by Beatrix Potter 100 years
ago and where she wrote many famous stories including
The Tales of Peter Rabbit. The farmhouse, used as
the basis for many later stories, has been preserved
in its original state. Every day we may enter the
garden and shop, and on Saturday to Wednesday entrance
to the farmhouse is included.
Please
note that from November thru to the end of March and
on Fridays throughout the year the house is closed.
On these days we include complimentary entrance to
the World of Beatrix Potter Attraction in Bowness.
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After
some time at Hill Top Farm we travel past Esthwaite
Water to Hawkshead where you can wander through this
pretty medieval village with its narrow cobbled alleys,
tiny squares and old church.
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Our
return journey takes us to Waterhead to join your
30 minute cruise voyage to Bowness allowing you to
photograph the magnificent views of mountain scenery,
secluded bays, wooded islands and gentle rolling hills.
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For
those staying overnight your driver will meet you
off the ferry and take you to your guesthouse.
For those returning to London pick up will be from
Bowness cinema at 16:10
TOUR
PRICE PER PERSON
Adult £43 Child (aged 4-11) £28
Tour
operates daily with a minimum of two persons
WHAT YOUR TOUR INCLUDES
- Services
of driver guide
- Pick
up and drop off in the Bowness, Windermere, Kendal,
Ambleside area
- Entrance
to Hill Top or the World of Beatrix Potter Attraction
- Boat
fare for the Lake Windermere cruise
- Reasonable
deviations from normal schedule on request
- The
most beautiful scenery in England!
WHAT
YOUR TOUR DOES NOT INCLUDE
- Lunch
- Personal
expenses/tips
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