Wray Castle Tours and Tickets

Discover the landscapes and locations that inspired Beatrix Potter on this private 1-day Lake District tour from Windermere, Bowness or Ambleside. Travel deep into the English countryside as your guide sheds light on the life and times of famous author Beatrix Potter. Enjoy panoramic views over Windermere's open wilderness, and visit top attractions including Wray Castle, Tarn Hows, Coniston Water and Hill Top. Explore the village of Hawkshead at your leisure, take a train journey through Haverthwaite and admire the rolling hillsides from the water during a Lake Windermere cruise.

Discover another side of the beautiful Lake District, and follow in the footsteps of Beatrix Potter, on this immersive, half-day tour. Meet your guide at your local accommodation, and venture first to Wray Castle, a former vacation home where Potter spent time as a teenager. Continue to her home at Hill Top, see the villages she used to frequent, and learn more about her life and works. As you go, you'll also get to admire the Lake District's wealth of scenery.

On this tour you will get to see:Wray Castle where Beatrix spent her 16th birthday and first discovered the Lake District. Near Sawrey village which Beatrix visited often, used as inspiration for her illustrations and where she happily settled and married. Hill Top, the house which Beatrix bought from the money she made from the publication of Peter Rabbit. Esthwaite Water where Beatrix fished from her boat. Hawkshead village Tarn Hows bought by Beatrix  and regarded as one of the most beautiful places in the Lake District. Coniston Water with spectacular views of the lake and Coniston Old Man Yewdale Valley where Beatrix owned farms and land including Yew Tree Farm used in the film Miss Potter.