Potter’s writing retreat in northwest England, in the Lake District of Cumbria, is neither a lily pad nor a hollow log. Instead, Hill Top—the home she bought in 1905 largely with royalties from her ...

Where to stay: The Wild Boar is a traditional Lake District inn with a popular restaurant known for its smoked meats. The Waterhead is a stylish, sophisticated contemporary hotel with lakeside views ...

Plans for a major zip line tourist attraction in a Lake District beauty spot that inspired author Beatrix Potter have been granted the go-ahead, despite receiving 90,000 objections. Developers had ...

Hawkshead in the Lake District is a picturesque village that feels as if it has been frozen in time, with cobbled streets, ...

Children's author Beatrix Potter is the subject of a new movie starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. Miss Potter is mostly a love story between the author and her publisher, based on events that ...

Now, all these years later, here I was wandering through the rooms of Hill Top House, Beatrix Potter’s 17th century farmhouse in the English Lake District. The tiny cottage is decorated much as it was ...

When I was a little girl, my grandparents gave me a beautiful set of Beatrix Potter books for Christmas one year. I could barely wait for everyone to finish unwrapping presents so that I could sneak ...