Brackenthwaite Hows, the stunning Cumbrian landscape that inspired one of JMW Turner's best loved paintings, has been bought by the National Trust Brackenthwaite Hows has now been bought by the National Trust for £202,000 The 77-acre site is the Lake District view that inspired painter JMW Turner The Trust pledged to preserve the landscape in the World Heritage Site
By Colin Fernandez for the Daily Mail
Published: 01:15 BST, 5 June 2019 | Updated: 01:15 BST, 5 June 2019
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It is the dramatic Lake District view that once inspired the celebrated painter JMW Turner to pick up his brush.
And now the beauty spot of Brackenthwaite Hows has been saved for the public.
The site, which spans 77 acres, was bought by the National Trust for £202,000. A third of the value of the sale was donated back to the charity by two of the
