Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead

Important notice -

The Beatrix Potter Gallery is open, with tickets now on sale. Booking advisable to guarantee entry. Please note due to the Windermere Marathon there will be delays/temporary closures on local road B5286 between 7.30 - 11am on Sunday 23 May 2021.

Beatrix Potter's original artwork on display in a 17th-century house

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More about this place

Visitors walking through a garden in spring

Visiting this spring 

Our gardens, parks, cafés, shops and countryside locations are open to visit. Many houses in England and Wales have reopened, with houses in Northern Ireland expected to reopen from 24 May. Advance booking for visits helps us keep everyone safe and socially distanced. At quieter times such as weekdays, booking shouldn't be necessary, but to guarantee entry we recommend booking in advance, especially at weekends and bank holidays.

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Things to see and do

Three rabbits illustrated by Beatrix Potter from Cecily Parsleys Nursery Rhymes 1922

Exhibition of original artwork at the Beatrix Potter Gallery opens for 2021 

Get up close to original illustrations from your favourite tales and rarely seen objects, in this year's exhibition, which explores why correspondence was so important to Beatrix Potter.

Introduction to leaflet showing various places across the Lake District with a Beatrix Potter connection

Discover Beatrix Potter in the Lake District

Follow in Beatrix Potter's footsteps around the Lake District taking in places that inspired her and that still have a strong connection today.

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What's on

Upcoming events

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Timed entry to Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead (17 May - 23 May)

Tue 18 May 2021
10:30-15:00
Book your timed entry to visit Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead.
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History

Beatrix Potter in Hill Top porch, Cumbria

The life of Beatrix Potter 

Best known for her series of children's books, there's more to Beatrix Potter, so visit us and discover more about her.

Yew Tree Farm and it's flock of Herdwick sheep, near Coniston, in Cumbria

The Lakes and the Trust 

Beatrix Potter relished life in the Lake District, becoming involved in farming, breeding sheep and conservation.

Two Bad Mice book at Hill Top, near Sawrey, Cumbria

Potter's early life and books 

Beatrix Potter was a woman ahead of her time. A children's author and illustrator, she was a passionate farmer and conservationist too.

Beatrix Potter at Keswick show

A writer and farmer 

Beatrix Potter had a keen interest in farming and in particular loved the Herdwick breed of sheep, which are famously still an iconic part of the Lake District landscape today.

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Our work

Looking after Beatrix Potter's legacy

A collection of birds eggs from Beatrix and Bertram’s collectors cabinet

Re-housing the Beatrix Potter collection 

The conservation team at the Beatrix Potter Gallery are getting hands on, with a project preparing items in the collection for the future.

A view of Hill Top, Cumbria, home of Beatrix Potter

Keeping the legacy of Beatrix Potter alive 

Discover how we work with Beatrix Potter's publisher Frederick Warne to keep the writer's legacy alive and look after the countryside she loved.

View of Esthwaite Water with barn and boat house

Take a new path from Hill Top to Hawkshead 

The final link in a chain of off-road paths connecting Wray Castle and Hawkshead is now complete.

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