Beatrix Potters’ Hawkshead map

Client: National Trust Hill Top and Hawkshead

I was contacted by the National Trust Hill Top and Hawkshead and commissioned to design a folding illustrated Beatrix Potters’ Hawkshead map and information leaflet.

The brief was that the folding map would be B2 in size and showcase Hawkshead, the Lake District village closest to Hill Top where Beatrix Potter once lived as well as other nearby places of interest also managed by the National Trust. The map needed to not only be useful for visitors to the area so they could use it to navigate, but also highlight the strong links Hawkshead has with Beatrix Potter and how the area influenced her work. In addition, the map also needed to be accessible and easy to use for all ages.

The map also includes fun ‘can you spy…’ for children to enjoy as they walk around Hawkshead.

On the flip side of the map there is more detailed information about Hawkshead and the other nearby National Trust managed places including Hill Top farm which Beatrix Potter bought in 1905 and bequeathed to the National Trust when died.

Copies of the Beatrix Potters’ Hawkshead map can be found at Tabitha Twitchit’s Bookshop in Hawkshead.

This was a lovely project to be involved in. Not only do I know the area well but I’m also very fond of Beatrix Potters’ books from reading them as a child.

Some other illustrated maps I’ve designed for the National Trust are NT Manchester, NT Waddesdon and NT Bathampton.