Hawkshead tourist and travel information

Hawkshead tourist and travel information

Hawkshead Travel Information
	Hawkshead is a small village on the edge of the Grizedale Forest in the Lake District. Cars are banned from the village, and there is a large car park on the outskirts of the village. Tourism is now the main industry of Hawkshead, with many pleasant inns, guest houses, teashops and gift shops.	TRAVELLINE at www.traveline.info

	Hawkshead - Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0871 200 22 33.	www.stagecoachbus.com

	Hawkshead - Travel by road - Hawkshead is on the B 5285. A nearby large town is Windermere. Hawkshead is about 50 miles from Carlisle.

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Hawkshead Tourist Information

	Hawkshead - Entertainment and attractions - Hill Top, Near Sawrey, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 0LF Tel: 015394 36269.

	Hawkshead - Other information - Hawkshead is a tiny village of higgledy-piggledy houses, archways, and squares beloved by William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. The Beatrix Potter Gallery, a 17th Century building, was once the office of the local solicitor William Heelis, who married Beatrix Potter in 1913, and has remained largely unaltered since his day. ARMITT LIBRARY & MUSEUM, AMBLESIDE Tel: 015394 31212. Abbot Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5AL Tel: 01539 722 464. Rydal Mount and Gardens, Rydal, Near Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LU. Tel: 015394 33002.

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Cumbria Map and Attractions

Penrith is 290 miles from London. It is 91 miles from Barrow in Furness to Brampton and 81 miles from Whitehaven to Kirkby Stephen.

Airport indicated is Carlisle airport. Hawkshead is on the B5285, between Bowness on Windermere and Ambleside.		Attractions (see details below) Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). There is no station in Hawkshead.



	- Hill Top, Near Sawrey, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 0LF Tel: 015394 36269 - Laurel & Hardy Museum, 4c Upper Brook Street, Ulverston LA12 7BH Tel: 01229 582292 - Birdoswald Roman Fort, Hadrian's Wall, Brampton, Cumbria CA8 7DD Tel: 016977 47602 - Cartmel Racecourse, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11 6QF - Tel:01539 536340 (www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk) - Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Ravenglass, Cumbria. Tel: 01229 717171

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