Links to other Arthur Ransome related Internet resources
You can find out more about Arthur Ransome, and experience the places, world and activities he wrote about at the websites below. All links will take you away from the TARS site and on to an external third-party website. TARS, therefore, cannot and does not accept any liability or responsibility for the content of the sites or the User’s experience when visiting them.
https://allthingsransome.net/ is a great resource, you can return via their link to TARS to our home (public) page so you will have to login again to the members area.
1917 map of Petrograd – restored :
Photos of the Tyrkov estate in Vergezha https://feel.construction/arthurransomesociety/members/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Vergezha-15-photographs-in-2016-1.pdf
Nancy Blackett Trust, The Trust preserves and sails Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett.
Arthur Ransome Trust Founded in 2010, the Arthur Ransome Trust (ART) is a registered charity dedicated to the study, understanding and appreciation of Arthur Ransome’s life and works.
The Museum of Lakeland Life, Abbot Hall, Kirkland, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5AL.
The registered office for TARS in the UK, the Museum of Lakeland Life houses a permanent Ransome Room exhibition, which includes a reconstruction of the author’s study.
The Museum of the Broads, The Staithe, Stalham, Norfolk NR12 9DA
Explains the human history of Broadland and includes a small display about Arthur Ransome.
The ‘Swallow’ dinghy used in the 1974 film of Arthur Ransome’s book is available for anyone to sail. She is usually based in the Lake District, but often tours throughout the rest of England. Get afloat just like Swallows and the Amazons regardless of age or experience.
The Ruskin Museum, Coppermines Lane, Coniston, Cumbria LA22 0LFExplains the physical and human history and geography of Coniston and the surrounding area, which formed the basis for Swallows and Amazons country.
Windermere Jetty, Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories, Bowness-on-Windermere. www.windermerejetty.org Now open. They have a whole section on Arthur Ransome in their ‘Spirit of Adventure’ interactive display, in addition they have Esperance (who is conservation static) and in the museum and boathouse they have Ransome’s Coch-y-Bonddu and the Swallow and Amazon boats from the recent 2016 film. Really? Not when I went. DW
The Boats of Swallows and Amazons
Stuart Wier’s excellent website has plenty of information on the two main boats that feature in the books, whether you’re interested in building your own replica(s) or simply finding out more.
Swallows and Armenians link to Karen Babayan’s website
Sites offering Ransome linked accommodation and experiences.
Bank Ground Farm, East of Lake Road, Coniston, Cumbria LA21 8AA
B&B and self catering cottages available at the original “Holly Howe”, the starting point of Swallows and Amazons, and used in the 1974 film of the book
Blenheim Lodge, Lake Windermere B&B. 10% discount if found through this website.
The Coniston Launch, Castle Buildings, Near Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 0LF
Offers Swallows and Amazons themed cruises on Coniston Water.
The Cottage At Hill Top: Luxury self-catering accommodation in the Lake District National Park at the last home of Arthur Ransome. 10% discount to TARS members on bookings made directly.www.hilltopvista.com
The Thames Barge Trust a registered charity that owns and preserves two Thames Barges, including the Pudge of Rochester – the model for the Welcome of Rochester of Coot Club fame.
Excelsior Trust – supporting the 91yr old Lowestoft sailing trawler – one of the nation’s sixty most important historic ships and the last one left out of a thousand.
Hunter’s Yard
Lullaby was Teasel in the BBC production Swallows & Amazons Forever; we still have Teasel’s transom and her dinghy Titmouse here at the Yard.
Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust, Horsefen Road, Ludham, Norfolk NR29 5QG. Offering a unique fleet of authentic 1930s Broads yachts for hire.
Norfolk Broads Yachting Company
Three of the yachts – Primrose, Violet and Camellia – were used for the Half-Week Broads Sailing run by TARS Eastern Region in August 2007. For pictures, see the TARS East website.
The Ruskin Museum, Coppermines Lane, Coniston, Cumbria LA22 0LF
Explains the physical and human history and geography of Coniston and the surrounding area, which formed the basis for Swallows and Amazons country.
Traffic information for explorers on our roads
Literary links
Monica Edwards Appreciation Society
Ransome’s Literary Executors arthur-ransome-literary-executors@allthingsransome.net
ARLE Copyright policy and terms contains the copyright statement for AR’s works, and his photographs on this site
Alliance of literary Societies We are members and our Amanda Ardagh-Walter is one of their Trustees.