Museums · North West England
Hawkshead and Claife
In or near Hawkshead.
Hawkshead and Claife is a National Trust property made up of much of the town of Hawkshead and surrounding Claife Woodlands in Cumbria, England. A notable viewpoint is Claife Viewing Station, a grade
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Windermere · 4.1 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Hawkshead and Claife, the nearest railway station is Windermere, located 4.1 km away. The postcode for your sat-nav is LA22 0LP. Please note that accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Hawkshead and Claife is a National Trust property made up of much of the town of Hawkshead and surrounding Claife Woodlands in Cumbria, England. A notable viewpoint is Claife Viewing Station, a grade II listed ruin, overlooking Windermere. Each room was glazed in differing coloured glass to give the effect of viewing the landscape in the changing seasons. Individual properties in Hawkshead include Tabitha Twitchit's Bookshop, a listed building which formerly displayed works by Beatrix Potter as the Beatrix Potter Gallery. Since the closure of the gallery, the National Trust has been working to keep the art visible in other formats and locations. In 2022 the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Trust – two of the world’s largest Beatrix Potter collections – came together to tell her life story in an exhibition ´Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature`, which opened in London.In 2024, the exhibition travelled to the Morgan Library & Museum in New York.
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From the Wikipedia article
Hawkshead and Claife is a National Trust property made up of much of the town of Hawkshead and surrounding Claife Woodlands in Cumbria, England. A notable viewpoint is Claife Viewing Station, a grade II listed ruin, overlooking Windermere. Each room was glazed in differing coloured glass to give the effect of viewing the landscape in the changing seasons. Individual properties in Hawkshead include Tabitha Twitchit's Bookshop, a listed building which formerly displayed works by Beatrix Potter as the Beatrix Potter Gallery. Since the closure of the gallery, the National Trust has been working to keep the art visible in other formats and locations. In 2022 the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Trust – two of the world’s largest Beatrix Potter collections – came together to tell her life story in an exhibition ´Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature`, which opened in London.In 2024, the exhibition travelled to the Morgan Library & Museum in New York.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 54.3510, -2.9423
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parish
- Claife
- Postcode
- LA22 0LP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Nearest railway station
- Windermere — 4.1 km
Sources
- wikipedia: Hawkshead and Claife (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hawkshead and Claife?
- Hawkshead and Claife is in North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode LA22 0LP), in the parish of Claife.
- What is Hawkshead and Claife?
- Hawkshead and Claife is a National Trust property made up of much of the town of Hawkshead and surrounding Claife Woodlands in Cumbria, England. A notable viewpoint is Claife Viewing Station, a grade
- How do I get to Hawkshead and Claife?
- The nearest railway station is Windermere, about 4.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode LA22 0LP.
- How do I get to Hawkshead and Claife?
- The nearest railway station is Windermere, about 4.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode LA22 0LP.