Free and Easy Day Trip to the Lake District

Type of tour : Full day tour - Sightseeing tour
Departure location : Euston Station
Duration : Approx 14 hours

Welcome
Arrive at Euston Station at 08:00 and meet our tour representative by the Ticket Office who will check you in and escort you to your reserved seats. Train departs at 08:30 arriving at Oxenholme in the Lake District at 11:08, where your guide will meet you on the platform.

Oxenholme, Lake District and Beatrix Potter
On arrival you will be met by a professional local guide who will take you to Windermere for a short break. Wray Castle is where Beatrix Potter stayed during her childhood and you will enjoy magnificent views of Lake Windermere. Next we visit Hill Top, the home of Beatrix Potter and see the farm and gardens. We continue to the medieval village of Hawkshead with its quaint alleyways. On our way to Coniston Water where we will enjoy a lake cruise, we pass Tarn Hows, a picturesque beauty spot and cross the Yew Tree Valley keeping our eyes open for the local roe deer. On our return to Windermere we have a photo stop at Yew Tree Farm which was the setting for the film, Miss Potter.

Cream Tea at Lindeth Howe - Home of Beatrix Potter
We will have a delicious cream tea in this classic Lakeland country house hotel in Bowness set in 6 acres of its own private garden. It was the home of the Potter family and where Beatrix Potter stayed. Your guide will then escort you back to the train station for your return journey back to London leaving Oxenholme at 18:29 arriving at 21:24.

* Hill top is closed on Fri however the gardens and shop are open.

Itinerary / Activity Schedule
- Reserved Seats on Virgin Trains
- Photo stop at Wray Castle
- Lake Cruise on Coniston Water
- See Bowness & Tarn Hows
- See Yew Tree Farm, where Miss Potter was filmed
- Visit Hawkshead Village
- Visit Hill Top Farm
- Cream Tea at Beatrix Potters's own home Lindeth Howe

Includes
- Cruise on Coniston Water
- Cream Tea at the Peter Rabbit Tea Garden
- First class includes breakfast, snack and refreshments served at your seat

Excludes
- Meals and drinks (unless specified)
- Tips and gratuities
- Personal expenses
- Optional activity costs

Please Note
- Hill Top is closed on Fridays, however, the gardens and shop are open
- Child rates are applicable to guests 4 to 11 years old
- Children under 4 are free provided they don't occupy a seat
- There will be no refund once booked.