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    Rheged Discovery Centre

    4.5 (2 reviews)

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    Gretna Green Famous Blacksmiths Shop Attractions - The Famous Blacksmiths Shop

    Gretna Green Famous Blacksmiths Shop Attractions

    2.4(5 reviews)
    43.7 km
    ££

    What a truly magical place! Everyone was so cheerful and accommodating! There is a lot of space…read moreinside and out to move about, shop, and even enjoy a meal. The location is clean and open whether you are eatMing a meal, shopping for gifts or souvenirs, visiting the museum, or getting married! The quality and variety of the gift items as well as the service is 5 star! Everyone is incredibly kind and helpful! Ask for Vikki the Gretna Green Experience Manager! She is exceptional at making your experience meaningful! Leslie

    The old adage says that if you've got nothing good to say, then say nothing. Therefore my review of…read morethe so-called famous old blacksmith's shop at Gretna Green is that it is obviously a great place for a sandwich and maybe a cup of coffee. That's pretty much all anybody there was doing - sitting around eating their bring-your-own sandwiches and drinking a takeaway coffee. And that's because eating a sandwich and having a coffee is pretty much all there is to see or do unless of course you want to buy any manner of English/Scottish memorabilia/food/junk that you could buy anywhere else in England/Scotland or online. For an incredulous experience, visit Gretna Green's infamous blacksmith's shop. You'll leave wondering why! Oh, apparently you can also marry or renew your wedding vows there but I think guests have to bring their own sandwiches.

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    Gretna Green Famous Blacksmiths Shop Attractions - Loved all the sculptures - especially with a piper too!

    Loved all the sculptures - especially with a piper too!

    Gretna Green Famous Blacksmiths Shop Attractions - Old Blacksmith's Shop

    Old Blacksmith's Shop

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    The famous blacksmiths anvil

    Beatrix Potter's Hill Top Home - National Trust

    Beatrix Potter's Hill Top Home - National Trust

    4.8(4 reviews)
    35.1 km

    What a beautiful place to visit. If you're a fan of Beatrix's books or her conservational work,…read moreHill top should be on your Lake District bucket list. Super easy to purchase tickets online online which I highly advise. You can also buy in person but I didn't want to run the chance of it being sold out. I also recommend getting the first booking at 10. We showed up at 9:30 knowing there was limited parking. You can always walk around to kill time. The scenery is just breathtaking. The tickets get you a tour inside Beatrix's Hill top house. Original furnishings and de orations transport you back. The place feels so cozy. My favorite was the parkour. National trust guides answer all your questions. Impressive to see it's pretty much still a working farm. So thankful for her vision of conserving the land.

    One of my favorite spots in the Lake District. Not only did Beatrix Potter write the Peter Rabbit…read morebooks, but she also was an environmentalist and conservationist who has protected a good chunk of the Lake District from being developed. Therefore, visiting her house was surreal and gorgeous, as her village and home looked similar to how it must've looked hundreds or years ago. For 12€, you can go in Beatrix's garden and home, which has all of her furniture and special belongings on display. The Peter Rabbit books started when she began writing little stories to her godson and those original letters were just sitting on a desk in the cottage. I couldn't believe we could see those and they weren't even under glass. There is also a beautiful dollhouse in one of the rooms that she made and then wrote about it (the book about it is in the room too). Her garden is absolutely gorgeous and we loved wandering around the tiny village. There were rolling green hills and blue skies for miles. So special!

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    Beatrix Potter's Hill Top Home - National Trust - Original furniture belonging to Beatrix Potter

    Original furniture belonging to Beatrix Potter

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    Wordsworth Trust

    Wordsworth Trust

    4.5(2 reviews)
    26.3 km

    We had a very nice docent tell us about the house, and the guests, and the furnishings. It was…read morevery interesting. Also quite a treat to see all the personal belongings, and manuscripts. The house is lovingly cared for, and the gardens are breathtaking. I visited the house with AP students, so I was very pleased it was such a marvelously atmospheric place. There is a walk you can take down to town- it's quite steep, with lots of gravel- so I didn't go, but my students loved it. I walked down the street to take in the church (St Mary's), just at the end of the street- quite a nice place, don't miss it, and the field Wordsworth planted daffodils in when he was devastated at the loss of his daughter, is there as well- Dora's Field- it's part of the National Trust. There's a little gate opposite the doors of St Mary's and you can see the field. The family are buried at St Oswald's Chruch down in Grassmere- also worth a visit.

    You start with a guided tour of the cottage where William Wordsworth lived and it isn't all about…read morehis poems. The guide talked about the family and their visitors and the things they got up to as well as the furniture and cooking and the garden. The upstairs museum is a bit more formal and educational, but the downstairs is an exhibition about life in the area with computer screens showing Wordsworth's sister's diaries as well as bits about shepherds and naming local places with nicknames. There is separate room where kids can do drawing and word games. I think that bit is free. Worth the money if you don't know much about Wordsworth. I didn't think I was interested but I am now.

    Rheged Discovery Centre - localflavor - Updated May 2026

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