Beatrix compared the house to an overcoat — at once comfortable and comforting. As you walk through the Entrance Hall, simplicity is everywhere — in the quiet beauty of the stove, the oak furniture and the stone-flagged floor. The elegant furniture blends with wood-panelled walls and, along with a marble chimneypiece, are reminders of her middle-class upbringing. Every painting, piece of furniture and antique in the house meant something to her. Trophies for sheep-breeding jostle alongside photographs of Beatrix at agricultural shows — for she was passionate about farming, particularly Herdwick sheep.
Upstairs, in the largest room, Beatrix wrote letters and composed her little books. She called it her library. Here, with a view over the glorious Lake District landscape, she wrote the stories that have been passed down through generations ever since. The farm at Hill Top is much as it was, too. In return for all the inspiration the landscape gave to Beatrix, she fiercely protected it. Although she never lived there full-time, Beatrix filled the cottage at Hill Top Farm with furniture and ornaments.
After her death in , Beatrix Potter's first farm was preserved exactly as she left it. The National Trust maintain the cottage and gardens as well as taking care of her furniture and china. Hill Top receives hundreds of visitors every day but a control system makes sure it's never crowded. The best times to visit are outside the main tourist season Easter to October or on week days instead of weekends. Home Explore the BBC. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving.
Peter Rabbit. Bar lunches and evening meals can be obtained from the Tower Bank Arms NT owned next door, during licensing hours. Hill Top is still as it was then, and is now the most visited literary shrine in the Lake District. A timed ticket entry operates for the house. Advance booking guarantees entry to the house. Full of her favourite things, the house appears as if Beatrix had just stepped out for a walk. Every room contains a reference to a picture in a 'Tale'.
Beatrix used Hill Top and its surroundings as inspiration for many of her 'little books' - you'll recognise the rhubarb patch where Jemima Puddle-Duck laid her egg and the garden where Tom Kitten and his sisters played! Tickets will be released every Friday for the following week.
Please see the Hill Top website 'What's On' section to book. Parking is free at Hill Top but tickets do not guarantee you a parking space. Garden Beatrix Potter's lovely, traditional cottage garden is a haphazard mix of flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables. You'll recognise the rhubarb patch where Jemima Puddle-Duck laid her egg, and the garden where Tom Kitten and his sisters played.
Shop In Hill Top shop you'll find a great range of Beatrix Potter soft toys, books and other lovely gifts which delight our visitors young and old alike. Limited car parking.
No coach parking. Please ask for accessible parking space. Level access to ground floor, many steps to first floor rooms.
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