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Win a collection of Beatrix Potter books

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It’s World Book Day today and to celebrate in true bookworm style, the lovely people at holiday letting agency www.cottages.com are giving you the chance to win the complete collection of Beatrix Potter Tales to help fill the bookcases of your little readers!

Beatrix Potter tales

The cottage company has more than 15,000 properties across the UK and to help you choose your next holiday destination, they have put together a map of places to visit connected with some of our favourite children’s authors and stories.

If you’ve always wanted to explore the places that inspired your favourite authors or keep the family entertained by their favourite characters coming to life, why not use this handy guide to plan your next outing?

literary destinations in the UK, visit the homes and places that inspired your favourite authors

The latest hit from favourite Julia Donaldson has been brought to life by The Forestry Commission which has created a series of Stick Man Trails throughout the UK – I’m sure there’s one somewhere near you. Not only is the trail a great way to explore nature, with a host of downloadable activities from their website, you can even have fun on rainy days!

Harry Potter fans are just as lucky as fans of Julia Donaldson’s Stick Man. There are so many places to visit across the UK, all with magical connections to the wizard world of Harry and Hogwarts. Whether it’s a trip to Alnwick Castle or Durham Cathedral to see the locations from the film or a day at Harry Potter World where you can sample Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans straight from Diagon Alley, there’s plenty to suit every J.K Rowling fan.

Peppa Pig World at Paulton Park

Little ones, can have heaps of fun at Peppa Pig World where they can enjoy a perfect day out with all the family. Go on Miss Rabbit’s Helicopter Ride, meet some of your favourite characters and jump in some very muddy puddles!

Little train spotters who want to venture a little further than the local train station will love Thomas Land at Drayton Manor with 12 wonderful themed rides and a spectacular indoor play area whereas fans of Paddington Bear will have the adventure of a lifetime while exploring Paddington Station and all the other famous London sights brought to life in Michael Bond’s classic stories or the recent film adaption. Why not take the Paddington Bear bus tour which takes in some of the famous locations from the film?

 A visit to the Lake District is a great experience in itself, but with such a strong association to the stories of Beatrix Potter, it’s the perfect opportunity to find out more about this incredible author. Younger children can enjoy the Beatrix Potter Lake District Trail, following the clues to find her iconic characters amongst the countryside and for older children, a visit to her house is a brilliant insight in to the writer’s life.

There’s so much to see and do in the Lake District that it’s definitely worth booking yourself a cottage so you’ve got some time to explore the area. This cottage (The Cottage, High Oxen Fell, nr. Coniston, Property Ref: 948) adjoins a 17th-century farmhouse on a traditional Lakeland working hill farm, once owned by Beatrix Potter, now owned by the National Trust. It enjoys a very quiet and secluded position, in a superb setting surrounded by rocky bracken-covered hills and high fells, in the heart of Lakeland. The views from all windows are across the magnificent Langdale Valley to the surrounding woods and mountains. Enjoy the tranquil splendour of this idyllic setting in a TV free cottage to enable you to relax in peace of a true away from it all holiday. At £419 for seven nights’ self-catering arriving on 26th April 2016 this is a real bargain. Visit www.cottages.com for more details or call 0345 498 6900 for enquiries.

Beatrix Potter collection

If you want to re-read your favourite Beatrix Potter tales before your trip to the Lake District, make sure to enter our fabulous World Book Day competition courtesy of cottages.com.

To enter the competition, simply fill in the Rafflecopter form following the instructions provided. Please not that false or incomplete entries won’t be counted and entered into the prize draw. Good luck!

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  1. It will always be Harry Potter for me… though my son’s a bit small for those yet, so he’d probably choose the Gruffalo 🙂

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  9. I used to adore a book called Custard the Dragon – he was afraid if his own roar…

    No one else seems to have heard of it!

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  55. Daughter Gemma used to love the tale of Jemima puddle duck . Now she’s mummy to my first grandaughter Alice who I want to win this for . She’s one on the 6th March we would put these in her nursery on a special shelf till she was older 🙂

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  62. My son loves The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, he may be a toddler but he loves the adventure and story line of novels

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  86. Mine was The Folk of the Faraway Tree. My girls loved it, now waiting for Tyler to be old enough to enjoy too

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  92. I love my Roald Dahl boxset of books, anyone who doesn’t treat them with ultimate respect is banned from reading them!

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  96. I loved reading ‘The Famous Five’,Used to get lost in the stories,You used to feel you were going on adventure with them too.

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  111. We love anything by Roald Dahl my sons fave is the BFG the books are full of excitement and imagination

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  150. My favourite books as a child were Enid Blyton’s Hop, Skip and Jump and The Far Away Tree – a must for parent to read to their children as I have; it excites the imagination with humour and intrigue

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  152. My daughter changes her mind on a regular basis but at the moment she adores traditional fairy tales – her favourites are currently Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs!

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  153. I loved Charlie and the chocolate factory when i was little and my boys do now, think its lovely to share a childhood favourite with my kids, beatrix potter was another of my favs!!

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  161. Mine is Harry Potter and I can’t wait for my own 3 to be old enough for me to read the books with them, currently our two older boys (4 & 5) favourite books are about dinosaurs and space x

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