Hill Top Farm
OS Grid ref :- SD 369957
Beatrix Potter's seventeenth century home, Hill Top Farm, contains mementoes of the her life, a personal collection of paintings, china and furniture, as well as some of her drawings. The farm was bequeathed by her to the National Trust in her will on the condition that it should remain undeveloped and unspoilt for future generations.
Beatrix Potter spent many happy childhood holidays in the Lake District and grew to love the area prior to moving there permanently. Many of her later books are set in and around Hill Top Farm, the village store in Near Sawrey was the Ginger and Pickles shop while a former house and shop in the village, the Bend and Bump, is featured in 'The Pie and the Patty Pan', although for some of the time she still resided in London.
After her death in 1943, Beatrix Potter's ashes were scattered locally.
Opening Times
Easter-Oct, Mon-Wed Sat-Sun 11.00am-5.00pmAdmission charges -
£5.10, child £2.30, family £12.50. Entry to shop and garden free on Thur & Fri when house closed.