Beatrix Potter

is the writer and illustrator of many children’s stories, such as ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’, ‘The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck’ and ‘The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies’. The landscape of the from her books, she bought many lands in the area to protect them from development.

On her death, she left 14 farms and 4,000 acres of land to the National Trust, to be preserved. In 1951, much of the Lake District area national park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2017.