National Trust - Hill Top

Beatrix Potter’s charming home in the Lake District, and it’s an amazing experience for fans of her work. The house itself is fascinating, feels like going back to time. filled with intricate details that bring her stories to life. Every room feels like stepping into a page of Peter Rabbit, with well-preserved furniture and personal touches that reflect her creativity. The staff are knowledgeable, offering great insights into her life and writing process. The vegetable garden is a highlight—beautifully maintained and true to the era, it’s easy to see how it inspired her tales. My only gripe is the parking, which is quite cramped and can be a hassle, especially on busy days. Still, the experience inside makes it well worth the visit. Highly recommend for a literary trip back in time!

Beautiful location, the house and gardens are gorgeous and worth a visit if you're a national trust member. We were not so £17 per person was quite expensive for such a small property and parking was really difficult, despite having booked parking we did have to wait some time to get a space. The house was lovely but being a period property it's small and it was cosy with so many people! The ticket timing system wasn't really adhered to so it was quite full and it was hard to take your time to look at the different rooms and read all the information when it's busy.

Another national trust treasure. A simple garden and a house with many of the contents in original condition. A glimpse into the life that was Beatrix Potter. The reserve parking is a very small for busy times so you might have to wait a few minutes until someone leaves. B road access was easy.

We had a great time exploring the house and gardens! Was very well kept with a nostalgic feel. We also picked up some lovely things from the gift shop. Would recommend booking in advance to secure parking

I have to say that my expectations of hilltop weren't particularly high as I usually find National Trust properties all a bit twee. Hill Top thankfully is nothing like that at all, with wonderfully friendly and helpful staff and a very relaxed feel about the place. The addition of an excellent coffee van on site courtesy of Joey's Cafe, makes it all together are really enjoyable experience. The house itself is delightful for both adults and children. Well worth a visit!

Recommend booking a ticket for this as it had timed entry (as well as limited parking in the National Trust car park) but well worth a visit. Beautifully restored and you can really see where Beatrix Potter got her inspiration for her books and drawings!

Oooh this just transported me back to my childhood, reading the Beatrix Potter books with my grandparents. Parking is a bit tricky (car park needed pre-booking and was full) but we all loved our visit; the house was full of Beatrix Potter treasure, and the garden is just like in the books! Cute little summer games out on the lawn like egg and spoon racing and skittles, and a member of staff even came out to read Beatrix Potter books to the kids. Quaint is the word!

Gorgeous weather which made it even better. Lovely house, could imagine Beatrix Potter writing here, very colourful garden area esp wisteria and azaleas although not much growing in the vegetable patch. Maybe Peter Rabbit had visited!!

What a beautiful place to visit. If you're a fan of Beatrix's books or her conservational work, Hill top should be on your Lake District bucket list. Super easy to purchase tickets online online which I highly advise. You can also buy in person but I didn't want to run the chance of it being sold out. I also recommend getting the first booking at 10. We showed up at 9:30 knowing there was limited parking. You can always walk around to kill time. The scenery is just breathtaking. The tickets get you a tour inside Beatrix's Hill top house. Original furnishings and de orations transport you back. The place feels so cozy. My favorite was the parkour. National trust guides answer all your questions. Impressive to see it's pretty much still a working farm. So thankful for her vision of conserving the land.

One of my favorite spots in the Lake District. Not only did Beatrix Potter write the Peter Rabbit books, but she also was an environmentalist and conservationist who has protected a good chunk of the Lake District from being developed. Therefore, visiting her house was surreal and gorgeous, as her village and home looked similar to how it must've looked hundreds or years ago. For 12€, you can go in Beatrix's garden and home, which has all of her furniture and special belongings on display. The Peter Rabbit books started when she began writing little stories to her godson and those original letters were just sitting on a desk in the cottage. I couldn't believe we could see those and they weren't even under glass. There is also a beautiful dollhouse in one of the rooms that she made and then wrote about it (the book about it is in the room too). Her garden is absolutely gorgeous and we loved wandering around the tiny village. There were rolling green hills and blue skies for miles. So special!

We are spending the week in the Lake District and my sister really wanted to see this attraction. I wasn't really interested but went for her benefit. Wow, was I wrong. Way more interesting than I expected. Getting to see her house and the way it matched up to her illustrations was great! Then the cherry on top was Tim. He was stationed in the spare bedroom and what an amazing wealth of knowledge he had!! I loved hearing all about her life before she was an author and more about her personal life in general. He is a real asset to the house. A great experience overall!!

"HILLTOP"......was purchased by Beatrix Potter in 1905 and this farm house is where she wrote a lot of her childrens stories. You get to walk through her home, see her furniture,and items she used. See the views she drew her wonderful illustrations, see the window seat...Step out through the front and walk down into Mr.Magreggors garden. It's a beautiful little place.We had to reserve a time to go through the home.They will call you in, so there are not to many in the house at one time.Very low ceilings.If you are a fan of Beatrix Potter and her work, this is a great stop for you. Just remember the last admission is at 4:00. We almost missed getting in because of this!