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Beatrix Potter's Half Day Lake District Tour Including Lake Cruise

Visit the Beatrix Potter house and some of the Lake District’s prettiest locations on an afternoon tour from Windermere. After a scenic Lake Windermere cruise, travel through idyllic countryside to Hill Top, the Beatrix Potter home where the beloved children’s author lived during the early 1900s. See the garden and rooms left as she would have known them and learn about her life here. Finish with a visit to the quaint village of Hawkshead, where poet William Wordsworth attended school; and Tarn Hows, one of Lakeland’s most gorgeous spots.

Beatrix Potter's Half Day Lake District Tour Including Lake Cruise

4 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Ten Lakes tour of the Lake District National Park

Avoid narrow roads, tricky navigation, and trying to fit the Lake District’s vast scenery into a short visit on this full-day small-group tour from Windermere. Travel by comfortable minivan with a guide who handles the driving and storytelling as you explore mountain passes, waterfalls, stone circles, and up to ten of the region’s most scenic lakes, including Buttermere. The route also takes in villages such as Grasmere and includes free time in Keswick.

Ten Lakes tour of the Lake District National Park

8 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Beatrix Potter Morning Tour | Peter Rabbit's Lake District

With this half-day tour, enjoy getting a shortcut to places in the Lake District linked to the world-renowned author and illustrator, Beatrix Potter. Instead of doing your own research, a guide takes you to Potter’s former home—Hill Top–with admission included to save you time waiting in ticket lines. The trip also visits a selection of other top locations linked the author’s stories and characters.

Beatrix Potter Morning Tour | Peter Rabbit's Lake District

4 hoursFree Cancellation

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Ghyll Scrambling Water Adventure in the Lake District

Immerse yourself in the wild scenery of the Lake District—and try out an outdoor activity that’s unique to the area—on this adventurous tour. Ghyll scrambling involves donning a wetsuit, helmet, and other equipment, and climbing, sliding down, and hopping from pool to pool in the Lake District’s ghylls, or mountain streams. For this small-group activity, choose from morning or afternoon departure times—and prepare to get wet.

Ghyll Scrambling Water Adventure in the Lake District

3 hoursFree Cancellation

Ultimate Full-Day Lake District Tour: 10 Lakes, Amazing Scenery & Lake Cruise

See the Lake District in one day without missing a thing! Visit 10 of the National Park’s famous lakes and learn about their geological past and historic importance in culture, art and literature. Enjoy scenic drives through valleys and dales, spot waterfalls and explore ancient landmarks, like the stone circle at Askrigg. Take memorable photos at specially-chosen look-out points and hear tales about the local folklore of the fells and villages you pass by.

Ultimate Full-Day Lake District Tour: 10 Lakes, Amazing Scenery & Lake Cruise

8 hoursFree Cancellation

Bronte Tour

See the worlds of ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Jane Eyer’ brought to life on a 8.5-hour small-group tour around Yorkshire. Departing from Windermere, all-inclusive transportation makes it possible to visit numerous locations, which would otherwise be difficult to reach on your own in one day. Explore the hometown of the Bronte sisters and the sights that inspired their iconic novels, including moorland landscapes and their childhood school.

The Brontes, Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre

8 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

6 hour Private tour of the Lake District.

6 hour Private tour of the Lake District.

6 hoursFree Cancellation

High Adventure Mountain Passes & Muncaster Castle from Windermere

High Adventure Mountain Passes & Muncaster Castle from Windermere

8 hoursFree Cancellation

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Bowness-on-Windermere

Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top House

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Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top House

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Ullswater

Castlerigg Stone Circle

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Castlerigg Stone Circle

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