http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30339 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30339 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/29761 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/29761 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28589 There's a great selection of secondhand books here set in an amazing
building! Some people visit just for the historical tour of the building. Walk into the shop through the old ticket office, onto the
main platform to browse the books and enjoy the open fires in winter, take time out to drink coffee and sample the newspapers in the old waiting room. Don't forget to look up at the writer's mural in the main room - thirty-three life-size figures of famous writers looking down on you from their writer's gallery.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28589 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28236 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28236 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26685
Anyone not acquainted with Beatrix Potter should watch the film Miss Potter to give themselves a quick primer on all things Peter Rabbit. Grown up children might want to venture out for a nice, long walk which takes in Hill Top, the farm Beatrix Potter bought with the royalties from her books, and the excellent National Trust Beatrix Potter Gallery in Hawkshead.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26685 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25344 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25344 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/24593 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-arnside_knott-wildlife_walk.pdf And there's even a great cafe stop when you get back down to Arnisde Promenade; perfect!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/24593