10 famous authors' homes worth seeing

You’ve read their books, now stay in their UK houses, writes Nick Trend

Last updated: July 05, 2022 | 00:38

Nick Trend

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The views in Beatrix Potter's farm in the Lake District are easily recognisable from her illustrations

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Stay at Sawrey House Hotel in Near Sawrey (sawreyhouse.com). Rooms from £100 B&B or £125 half board.

[An adventurer’s guidebook to unexplored parts of the Himalayas]

Stay at Yalbury Cottage in Lower Bockhampton (yalburycottage.com). Rooms from £99 B&B.

Stay at Old Whyly in East Hoathly (oldwhyly.co.uk). Rooms from £98 B&B.

Stay at Shibden Mill Inn near Halifax (shibdenmillinn.com). Rooms from £95 B&B.

Stay at Blackaddie House in Sanquhar, (blackaddiehotel.co.uk). Rooms from £125 B&B.

Stay at The Arden Hotel in Stratford upon Avon (theardenhotelstratford.com). Rooms from £114 B&B.

Stay at Dylan Thomas House at Number 5 Cwmdonkin Drive (dylanthomasbirthplace.com). Rooms from £160 B&B.

Persuasion

Emma

Stay at The Running Horse Inn near Winchester (runninghorseinn.co.uk). Rooms from £69 B&B.

Stay at Greenway Apartment (sleeps eight) from £1,119 for three nights; South Lodge (sleeps six) from £889 for two nights; The Lodge (sleeps two) from £292 for two nights; Ferry Cottage (sleeps four) from £449 for three nights (nationaltrust.org.uk/greenway).

Oliver Twist

Nicholas Nickleby

Little Dorrit

Stay at 43, Cloth Fair in Smithfield (landmarktrust.org.uk). Sleeps two. Four nights from £748.

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