The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction

Had an amazing time, went with my partner for my birthday while in Windermere and it was an explotion of nostalgia. What 40 year old doesnt remember Peter Rabbit from their childhood and then reading it to their own children. A magical storybook land that smelt of gingerbread I loved it :)

I first visited this place three years ago, and I found that this place was quite small. I cannot believe how much bigger it has become this year. They have not only added more visual aids of scenes in mainly Peter Rabbit’s stories, but also added a brand new gallery showing the background of Beatrix Potter, involved with the Lake District history. It’s quite fun to take photos here and observe cute little animal figures in the barrows closely. The gift shop has not changed much, and the products there remain the same. Overall, it is an interesting place to visit, especially when you come with families and friends.

Such a beautifully curated attraction. We all loved it (adults) so beautifully done. It must have been such a joy to put to together, the modelling and art work was so clever. I loved going into the garden it looked just like the real garden at Hill Top (though smaller). The little boxes with Beatrix Potter figures in a mini tableau were exquisite. A must for all ages.

Do you enjoy the imaginary world created by the wonderful Beatrix Potter, or simply the famous Peter Rabbit? This is a great place to spend the day exploring an amazing curated environment in a busy town. Make sure you travel light and avoid bringing your buggy if possible as it does get rather tight spaced with the audience viewing but they do control no. Of people at a time as there is a 3min video at the start. Get the free activity book and find the answers with your children. There is also two cafe - one that offers coffee and cakes and painting, the other (across the road) is newly added which offers food also but closes early and can get rather busy.

This was so much more than we ever expected! We thought it would just be a quick one-hour visit since it’s quite a small area. But guess what — my girl spent almost three fun hours inside! There was so much to learn and explore, and she was determined to answer every question and not miss a single hidden gem. What a world of imagination and creativity!

The venue was warm and welcoming, all galleries were very well presented and clean. Only downfall was it was very bland and no one around to ask any questions. It was just a help yourself museum with not much interactivity.

Superb!! The highlight of our holiday. We started at the cafe across the road (well worth a visit) and then came here. It starts with a short film which my 2 year old enjoyed, and then the free-pace walk around was outstanding. Low stimulation great for toddlers, beautiful displays and garden really brings the books to life. We’ve told everyone about it as we enjoyed it so much. I hope this stays with my daughter as a childhood memory and hope we can come again in the future

Such a nostalgic place to visit as an adult (with no kids) who thoroughly enjoyed reading the books as a child. The exhibition is in great condition and it was lovely to have all the memories brought back. We thoroughly enjoyed stopping at the Peter Rabbit Café afterwards too!

This is such an enchanting and nostalgic place for us. We are enamored with Beatrix's work, both the children's book and her conservation one. Even though this is geared for children, adults will enjoy it just as much it even more since there's is much detail one can appreciate. Tickets easily purchased as you walk in, we were the only children free adults with our group and everyone had a lovely time. You'll walk along some of her stories. The props are fantastic and there's a real green, too that you can visit. It has a beautiful statue that you should definitely need to look at everything that was thought of including when they made it. At the end of the self guided and walk at your own pace your, you'll go to a well stocked gift shop. Everything that you can think of. Al theme with her children's books' characters, of course. They also have a small cafe and I'm sorry to say we did not try it. I so regret that. All in all, it's a beautiful and well thought of place and great tribute to the late Beatrix Potter and her work.

For £7, you can enter the World of Beatrix Potter. If you were a fan of the books, like I was, you might want to check this place out. It's very cute and creepy at the same time. Beatrix Potter bought a lot of land before she passed in Windermere to preserve the landscape in this quaint little area of England. Her estate built a little museum in tribute to her and her beloved characters. This place is great for kids as long as they aren't scared of the creepy animals. I suppose that it is no different from going to an amusement park. You walk in and there's a short film on the life of Beatrix Potter in the main viewing room. There's a corridor with her characters strewn about and a small garden outside. There is a small cafe/tea room downstairs. I bought some tea and cake. The wifi is free for customers. You just need to ask the staff for the password. This is a nice stop if it's cold and rainy outdoors. If you have children, they will enjoy it.

What a great place to take kids on a wet day in Windermere. On entering the museum you are greeted by a huge clock featuring many of her characters. You then wait to enter a small cinema to watch a brief film about Beatrix Potter and her life and inspirations, you then leave through another door that takes you into the world of Beatrix Potter, it is claimed that every character Beatrix wrote about is depicted, so look carefully. Many of the characters are motorised and children love them, there are lots of nooks and crannies filled with scenes from the books. You are allowed to take photographs, and there is a professional photographer who will take you picture, for a small consideration, near the exit. The shop is good and well laid out and the prices very reasonable. Highly recommended.

The children who I went with, both girls, 8 and 10, enjoyed the film. The older one was a bit critical of the way the characters were portrayed, but the younger one was captivated. The cafe was expensive. For a wet day in the Lake District £6 for adults and £3 for children, didn't seem to extortionate.

I absolutely loved this place. It was like becoming a child again. Although we didn't take long to get through it the stories were really brought to life with the displays and excerpts. The bit at the end detailing Beatrix Potter's life was fantastic. The kids will love it. Although again it seemed expensive it was really worth it

My wife loves this place shes dragged me round 3 times! The sets of all the favourite stories are lovely and very accurate. Kids and adults will like this.

This beatrix potter is a great exhibition for the small members of the family. It is so very well done and full of things to see both big and small. It is important to take the time to point out all the small animals hiding in little caverns and under the floors to smaller children who might miss them. It could be walked through really quickly which would be a complete waste or else you can just take your time and enjoy all of the sounds, the smells and all of the little funny characters. There is an informative film at the start and a lovely cafe for a lunch or snack at the end. It is all very well done and I would highly recommend it.

This is a great day out. Loved every minute of it. This is a lovely magical place and great place to take children and an even better place for adults who want to remember what it was like to first discover this wonderful womans books.

Many of Beatrix Potters stories and characters are bought to life here, my daughter had a fantastic time and it inspired her to read all the stories again. For example you can explore Mr McGregors garden, and Jemima Puddleducks woodland glade. It's not cheap - but well worth it for a fan.

Please don't take your kids here if they are older than three - they will hate you for it! This is the naffest aimed at foolish tourists 'attraction' ever. There is a small museum dedicated to all things Beatrix Potter at the end of the seemingly endless array of dressed up animal animatronics which brings it up slightly but there are more interesting places to go and see Potter stuff in Hawkshead. Most of the museum (if you can call it that) is a large shed where all of her stories are supposedly brought to life by ridiculous real life scenes from her books but we took our 2 year old and he quickly got bored of them (and slightly freaked out). They'd be better off just bringing one story to life so you walked through the whole thing rather than one scene from all of them which was just a bit pointless really.

Although we only went in to escape the rain, we were pleasantly surprised by this exhibition. As we are not devotees of Peter Rabbit or his creator, the initial section, which comprised a film and related information about the life of Beatrix Potter, was wasted on us. Fortunately, the walk through the recreation of each of the tales was very well done, with the characters and their habitats modelled in intricate detail. After this came the inevitable gift shop, with stacks of delicate souvenirs placed at kiddie height, presumably to induce maximum parental meltdown. We had originally hoped to spend a few hours here, but there really wasn't anything to hold a small child's attention for that long, 50 minutes was more than enough.