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Home | Day Trip by Rail | Free & Easy Day Trip to the Lake District |
| Prices: | Ticket Type | Tour 39* | Tour 97** | Adult | £159.00 | £224.00 | Child (4-11) | £149.00 | £214.00 |
** Return Standard Class Travel
** Return First class includes breakfast, snack & refreshments served at your seat
Tour Highlights:
Reserved Seats on Virgin Trains
Photo stop at Esthwaite Water
Lake Cruise on Coniston Water
See Bowness & Tarn Hows
See Yew Tree Farm, where Miss Potter was filmed
Visit Hawkshead Village
Visit Hill Top Farm
Cream Tea at Beatrix Potter’s own home Lindeth Howe
Days of Operation:
Mon - Fri
This tour starts at 8:30am and finishes at approximately 9:24pm.
Welcome
Arrive at Euston Station at 08.00am and meet the Golden Tours representative by the Ticket Office who will check you in and escort you to your reserved seats. Train departs at 08.30 arriving at Oxenholme in the Lake District at 11.08am, where your guide will meet you on the platform.
Oxenholme, Lake District and Beatrix Potter
Admire the spectacular views of Lake Windermere, as you make your way through the narrow country lanes that criss-cross this scenic landscape. We stop for a photo opportunity on the shores of Esthwaite Water, where Beatrix Potter penned her famous stories. Next we visit Hill Top*, the home of Beatrix Potter and see the farm and gardens. We continue to the medieval village of Hawkshead with its quaint alleyways. On our way to Coniston Water where we will enjoy a lake cruise, we pass Tarn Hows, a picturesque beauty spot and cross the Yew Tree Valley keeping our eyes open for the local roe deer. On our return to Windermere we have a photo stop at Yew Tree Farm which was the setting for the film, Miss Potter .
Cream Tea at Lindeth Howe - Home of Beatrix Potter
We will have a delicious cream tea in this classic Lakeland country house hotel in Bowness set in 6 acres of its own private garden. It was the home of the Potter family and where Beatrix Potter stayed. Your guide will then escort you back to the train station for your return journey back to London leaving Oxenholme at 6.30pm arriving at 9.24pm.
*Hill top is closed on Fri however the gardens and shop are open.
Additional Information:
Once booked this tour is non-refundable.
This tour will only operate with minimum numbers during the off peak season (October to March). Please call 24 hours after making your booking to confirm.
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