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 ...

A doll's house, once owned by Beatrix Potter, has gone back on display in the Lake District after being given conservation treatment by National Trust experts. Its collection of tiny pieces of ...

NEAR SAWREY, England — 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 ...

When I was a little girl, my grandparents gifted me with 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 ...

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 ...

Daffodils along Lake Ullswater inspired the poet William Wordsworth to write “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” Brian Sherwen Brian Sherwen When I was a little girl, my grandparents gifted me with a ...