![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It's located between the villages Coniston and Hawkshead and is now a B&B. The film Swallows and Amazons was filmed at Bank Ground Farm on Coniston Water. He is buried at St Paul's Church in Rusland. Ransome returned to the Lake District in the last years of his life and lived at Haverthwaite until his death in 1967. ![]() Ransome moved to Low Ludderburn on the banks of Coniston after some years in Russia.Ģ005 marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of first book in the Swallows and Amazons series. Collingwood was an artist and writer and taught Ransome to sail his boat, the Swallow - previously called Mavis. He spent a great deal of his holidays in the Lake District, together with the Collingwood family. But what lake was it that Ransome used as inspiration for the Walker children's adventures?Īrthur Ransome was born on January 18, 1884, in Leeds, and went to school in Windermere. The Real Swallows and Amazons in Cumbria The interest of the Swallows and Amazons books also brought interest to "that great lake in the North" as it's described in the book. General You are in: Cumbria > Features > General > The Real Swallows and Amazons in Cumbria This page has been archived and is no longer updated. ![]()
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