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== Commemoration == [[File:Peter Rabbit Statue at Lingholm (geograph 5930258).jpg|thumb|upright|Peter Rabbit statue at [[Lingholm]] country house in the English [[Lake District]]]] A statue of Peter Rabbit is located on the grounds of [[Lingholm]] country house just outside the village of [[Portinscale]] in the [[Lake District]], north west England, where Potter spent her summer holidays (between 1885 and 1907) and where she drew inspiration for her Peter Rabbit books.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thelingholmestate.co.uk/|title=The Lingholm Estate|website=The Lingholm Estate|language=en-GB|access-date=10 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214033215/http://www.thelingholmestate.co.uk/|archive-date=2014-02-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> She credited the Lingholm kitchen garden as her original inspiration for Mr. McGregor's garden in ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lake District estate that inspired Beatrix Potter is the perfect half term activity for families |url=https://www.lancs.live/whats-on/whats-on-news/lake-district-estate-inspired-beatrix-22954680 |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=Lancs Live}}</ref> Lingholm was [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed Grade II]] on the [[National Heritage List for England]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lingholm given grade II historic listing by English Heritage |url=https://thelingholmestate.co.uk/house |publisher=The Lingholm Estate |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105183220/https://thelingholmestate.co.uk/house |archivedate=2013-11-05 }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1413920|desc=Lingholm|access-date=10 May 2023|mode=cs2}}</ref> In 2016, Peter Rabbit and other Potter characters featured on a [[Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010β2019#2016|series of UK postage stamps]] issued by the [[Royal Mail]] to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36903865|title=Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbitt and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle on anniversary stamps |date=28 July 2016|access-date=4 September 2016|work=BBC News}}</ref> The same year, Peter Rabbit and other Potter characters appeared on a small number of collectors' [[Fifty pence (British coin)|50p British coins]].<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35684900| title= Royal Mint: Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit on new 50p coin |quote= Four coins will be made featuring different characters from her stories, and a special collector's 50p coin showing a colour image of Peter Rabbit will also be released.| date= 29 February 2016| publisher= BBC News| access-date= August 30, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108105058/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-35684900 |archive-date= Nov 8, 2020 }}</ref>
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