Hill Top, Hawkshead

Name: Hill Top
Address: Near Sawrey, Hawkshead, LA22 0LF, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 15394 36269

#1 among attractions in Hawkshead

Top attraction, Museum, History museum

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Hill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in the English county of Cumbria. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof. The house was once the home of children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter who left it to the National Trust. It is a Grade II* listed building. It is open to the public as a writer's house museum, shown as Beatrix Potter herself would have known it. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1970 (54 years ago)Coordinates: 54°21'6"N, 2°58'14"W

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Near SawreyHawkshead LA22 0LF United Kingdom

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+44 15394 36269

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Hill Top – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Windermere, Esthwaite Water, Moss Eccles Tarn, Claife Heights.

1.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Windermere
30 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the Lake District National Park, Windermere stands as the largest natural lake in England. This ribbon lake was formed in a glacial trough after the retreat of ice at the end of the last Ice Age. Today, it is a centerpiece of the region...
0.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Esthwaite Water, Hawkshead
21 min walk • Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in northern England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water, in the traditional county of Lancashire; since 1974 in the county of Cumbria.
0.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Moss Eccles Tarn
20 min walk • Moss Eccles Tarn is a tarn on Claife Heights, near Near Sawrey in the Lake District, Cumbria. It is currently owned by the National Trust and known as an attractive tarn for fishing and walking.
1.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Claife Heights, Ambleside
35 min walk • Claife Heights is an upland area in the Lake District, near to Windermere in Cumbria, England. It has a topographic prominence of 177 metres so is classified as a Marilyn. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Hill Top, Hawkshead

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Hawkshead plan & book

Hill Top – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Windermere

Esthwaite Water, Hawkshead

Moss Eccles Tarn

Claife Heights, Ambleside