Near Sawrey

Windermere & South Lakes · Village

Near Sawrey is Beatrix Potter’s village: Hill Top, her farmhouse, is still much as she left it, and the lanes, pubs and Esthwaite shore are Tom Kitten country. It is small, photogenic and popular �...

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About Near Sawrey

Near Sawrey is Beatrix Potter’s village: Hill Top, her farmhouse, is still much as she left it, and the lanes, pubs and Esthwaite shore are Tom Kitten country. It is small, photogenic and popular — go early or late in the season if you can.

The ferry from Bowness lands at Far Sawrey; the two hamlets are a short walk apart.

Famous for

  • Hill Top (Beatrix Potter’s house)
  • Esthwaite Water
  • Tower Bank Arms
  • Village lanes in The Tale of Samuel Whiskers

Fells & mountains

  • Claife Heights
  • Latterbarrow

Walks from here

  • Hill Top and the village 1 hr

    House (book ahead in season) plus a potter to Esthwaite’s shore.

  • Claife Heights and Moss Eccles Tarn 2–3 hrs

    Potter’s tarns and woods between Windermere and Esthwaite.

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Tower Bank Arms
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Tower Bank Arms

Tower Bank Arms is a pub in Near Sawrey, in the Near Sawrey area of the Lake District. Food is serve...

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Graythwaite Glamping
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Graythwaite Glamping

Safari tents and glamping on the Graythwaite estate, on Windermere's quieter western shore toward th...

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