The idyllic cottage where Beatrix Potter lived when she first moved to Cumbria remains exactly as it was in 1905 when she moved in. You can even find a souvenir or two to take home with you. See where she lived, holidayed and found her inspiration. Today you can experience Beatrix Potter’s Lake District – much of it unchanged since the days of Peter Rabbit. Upon her death in 1943, Beatrix Potter left the majority of her extensive estate to the National Trust who still manage the land today. Her passion for the land developed into farming Herdwick sheep – the uniquely Lakeland breed. As the success of the Peter Rabbit books continued to grow, she invested in more Lake District land and cottages. In 1905 Beatrix purchased Hill Top Farm, in the village of Near Sawrey. This provided financial success too which enabled Beatrix to invest in the causes important to her. Her love of nature and skills for sketching and writing resulted in a series of extremely successful children’s books. Early family holidays to Scotland provided the opportunity for the young Beatrix to hone her sketching skills and from 1882 the family regularly holidayed in the Lake District allowing Potter to completely fall in love with the area. Her affluent Victorian childhood provided the security to let her imagination wander and develop interests in the natural world that fuelled her insatiable imagination. There is, however, a great deal more to discover about Miss Potter – not only a talented writer and illustrator but also an influential thinker and conservationist whose work is partly responsible for preserving the Lake District we know and love today.īeatrix was born in 1866 in middle-class Kensington. The Peter Rabbit books span the generations and are popular the world over, This world-renowned author is synonymous with the Lake District, her home for the majority of her life. Beatrix Potter is as much a part of childhood for today’s kids as she was for us and even our grandparents.
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