Tale of Two Bad Mice the new display at Hill Top from 15 February 2025
Enjoy the tale of Beatrix Potter by visiting Hill Top. Full of her favourite things, it was the place that inspired her stories and her love for the Lake District.
The lovely cottage garden is a haphazard mix of flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables. Make your way up the garden path to the front door and see for yourself why Beatrix loved this place. Bought in 1905 with proceeds from her first book, the Tale of Peter Rabbit, she used Hill Top itself and the surrounding countryside as inspiration for many of her subsequent books.
Pre-booking is required for your visit (applicable to all visitors, non-National Trust Members and National Trust members) Tickets are available via our online booking system where you choose a timed slot for arrival. You can pre-book tickets online up to a few minutes before each timeslot and up to two weeks in advance. Hill Top is a traditional Lake District cottage, and the car parking facilities are small with limited capacity so we cannot accommodate camper vans or motorhomes in the car park.
The conservation of the Doll’s House will feature in the upcoming series of Hidden Treasures of the National Trust which will be broadcast on BBC2 and available on Iplayer in the spring.
More information is available on www.nationaltrust.org.uk/Hilltop
Image Credit: Beatrix Potter’s doll’s house after conservation 1 (c)National Trust-Annapurna Mellor
