| This property includes the beautiful and secluded head of
Troutbeck Valley, as well as several sites next to Windermere and six
farms.
At 12 miles long, one mile wide and 220 feet deep, Windermere is the largest natural lake in England, and is fed by numerous rivers. |
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Troutbeck Farm was once owned by Beatrix
Potter and was her largest farm.
In 1923 the farm came up for sale. This large sheep farm of 1900 acres was spectacularly sited on the lower slopes of Kirkstone Pass. It was under threat of development and Beatrix Potter was keen to keep the farm together as working unit, so she bought it. |
| Footpaths lead from Ambleside over Wansfell to Troutbeck Valley and
offer high level views and contrasting valley landscapes.
Ambleside Roman Fort and Cockshott Point on the lake at Bowness-on-Windermere are popular places to visit. |
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The tiny Bridge House straddles Stock Ghyll.
Though built as an apple store for the Braithwaites' corn mill, local legend gives it more amusing origins, recording its construction by a Scot eager to evade land tax, who moved in with his wife and raised six children here. The two-storey, two-roomed house is now a much photographed National Trust information point. |
Windermere is a renowned area for tourism and is busy all year round, especially in the summer when the traffic in Bowness and Windermere gets very congested. The lake becomes busy due to the steamers taking people on rides up and down the lake. |
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