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21 The LakesLocal AttractionsTownendThe house is one of the finest examples of a 'statesman' (wealthy yeoman) farmer's house in Cumbria, built in 1626 for George Browne, whose descendents lived here until 1943. Inside is the original home-made carved furniture, with domestic utensils, lette Distance: 2.73 Miles Windermere Steamboat Centre A unique collection of Victorian and Edwardian steamboats and vintage motorboats, including the oldest steamboat in the world - the S L Dolly of 1850. Displays tell the social and commercial history of England's largest lake, and there are steamboat trips Distance: 0.36 Miles Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole Set in 32 acres of landscaped gardens and grounds, on the shore of Lake Windermere, this house became England's first National Park Visitor Centre in 1969. It offers exhibitions, audio-visual programmes, lake cruises, an adventure playground and an extens Distance: 2.47 Miles The Beatrix Potter Gallery An annually changing exhibition of Beatrix Potter's original illustrations from her children's storybooks, housed in the former office of her husband, solicitor William Heelis. Distance: 3.58 Miles Hill Top Beatrix Potter wrote many Peter Rabbit books in this little 17th-century house, which contains her furniture and china. Distance: 2.73 Miles Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House Blackwell was designed by architect M H Baillie Scott (1865-1945) and completed in 1900. Part of the late 19th-century Arts and Crafts Movement it houses changing exhibitions of high quality applied arts and crafts, as well as original design features inc Distance: 1.78 Miles Windermere Steamboats & Museum Distance: 0.36 Miles Beatrix Potter Gallery Distance: 3.63 Miles Hill Top Distance: 2.61 Miles Townend Distance: 2.67 Miles |
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