Lake District
Hawkshead
Whitewashed lanes and the softer side of the Lakes.
Hawkshead is a village of whitewashed archways and cobbled squares that has kept cars firmly outside its edges. Beatrix Potter worked here; Wordsworth went to school here.
It suits guests who like their Lake District gentle: forest, small water, and good beer.
Restaurants
- A village kitchen with a short, seasonal menu
Pubs
- Two excellent old inns within a hundred yards of each other
Walks
- Latterbarrow
- Tarn Hows via the woods
- Grizedale Forest trails
Things to do
- Mountain biking in Grizedale
- Fly fishing on Esthwaite Water