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Lake District farm that inspired classic children's book opens to guests
Bank Ground Farm on Coniston Water, which inspired Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons, offers B&B and self-catering accommodation.
Bank Ground Farm, a Grade II-listed 15th-century farmhouse on the eastern shore of Coniston Water between Coniston and Hawkshead, has welcomed overnight guests for more than 60 years. The farm inspired the fictional home 'Holly Howe' of the Walker children in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons, and was extensively used in the 1974 film adaptation. It now operates as a working farm with B&B accommodation, self-catering cottages, and a café and restaurant serving homemade food from locally sourced ingredients and the farm's own Aberdeen Angus beef and Jacob sheep lamb. Guests can use more than half a mile of Coniston Water frontage and hire rowing boats, canoes and paddleboards. The farm rates 4.8 out of 5 on TripAdvisor, ranking first among 16 B&Bs and inns in Coniston.
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