The Lancaster and Morecambe area is widely regarded as the 'Gateway to the Lakes'. One of Britain's most beautiful regions, the South Lakes can easily be reached from the Lancaster area, by train, bus or car.

The Lake District is awash with a huge variety of attractions, from the Beatrix Potter Musuem, the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway to Rheged. Then of course there's Sellafield, but you can't have everything. Of course, the Distirct has plenty of its own natural attractions which are a powerful draw to walkers from all over the world.

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ORGANISATIONS
Beatrix Potter
The Beatrix Potter Society
9 Broadfields, Harpenden Herts AL5 2HJ UK
This society was formed in 1980 by a small group of people professionjally involved in Beatrix Potter, two of whom were in charge of collections of her original work. The aim of the Society is to promote the stuidy and appreciation of Beatrix Potter's life and work in all its aspects, and to bring together on a worldwide basis those people who share this interest. It is not a Peter Rabbit Fan Club.

William Wordsworth
• The Wordsworth & Grasmere Museum and Wordsworth Trust
The Wordworth Trust, Dove Cottage, Grasmere Cumbria LA22 9SH
Tel: 015394 35544 Fax: 015394 35748
E-mail:
Open: 9.30am to 5.30pm daily. Last tickets are sold at 5.00pm. The Trust is closed 24 - 26 December.

Home of poet William Wordsworth (see also Wordsworth's Lake District site). The Wordsworth Trust exists to be a living memorial to the life and poetry of William Wordsworth and his contemporaries, serving, in the words of the first Trustees, 'lovers of English poetry from all over the world'. Its focus is Dove Cottage and the hamlet of Town End, Grasmere, a place and a landscape at the centre of the English Lake District where the poet lived, wrote and found inspiration.