Visit Hawkshead Places

Welcome to Visit Hawkshead Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hawkshead

  

Hawkshead Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hawkshead

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Hawkshead history

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Hawkshead grew to be an important wool market in medieval times and later as a market town after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1532. William Wordsworth (afterwards poet laureate) was educated at Hawkshead Grammar School, whilst Beatrix Potter lived nearby as did William Heelis, a local solicitor, in the early 20th century. Much of the land in and around the village is now owned by the National Trust.

Hawkshead geography / climate

Hawkshead is just north of Esthwaite Water, in a valley to the west of Windermere and east of Coniston Water. It is part of Furness, making it a part of the ancient county of Lancashire.

You can visit Hawkshead places with Walkfo Hawkshead to hear history at Hawkshead’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hawkshead has 21 places to visit in our interactive Hawkshead map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Hawkshead, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Hawkshead places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hawkshead & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 21 audio facts unique to Hawkshead places in an interactive Hawkshead map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Hawkshead Places Map
21 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Hawkshead tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Hawkshead

  

Best Hawkshead places to visit

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Hawkshead has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hawkshead’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hawkshead’s information audio spots:

Black Fell (Lake District) Black Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It rises to the north of Tarn Hows, between Coniston and Hawkshead.

Tarn Hows Tarn Hows is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Lake District National Park. It is fed at its northern end by a series of valley and basin mires. The area features in the map of Forza Horizon 4.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead St Michael and All Angels Church is in the village of Hawkshead, Cumbria. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

Moss Eccles Tarn Moss Eccles Tarn is a tarn on Claife Heights, near Near Sawrey in the Lake District, Cumbria. It is known for its association with Beatrix Potter – she owned the tarn and donated it to the National Trust after her death.

Esthwaite Water Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in northern England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water, in the traditional county of Lancashire; since 1974 in the county of Cumbria. The lake is known for its excellent fishing, particularly trout and pike.

Hill Top, Cumbria Hill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in Cumbria. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof. The house was once the home of children’s author and illustrator Beatrix Potter.

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