List of places in Arthur Ransome books
- List of places in Arthur Ransome books
This is a listing of places from the "Swallows and Amazons" series of books by Arthur Ransome. Arthur Ransome wrote detailed descriptions of the locations in his books and based many of them on real places that he knew personally or had read about.
By the Lake
The geography of the novels set in the Lake District is less faithful to the real world, but many locations have been identified, either by Ransome himself or by diligent readers.
*The Lake: This appears to be a mix of Windermere and Coniston Water in the English Lake District. The topography of the lake is similar to Windermere, but the surrounding countryside more closely resembles the land around Coniston.
*Rio: The principal town beside the Lake. It is based on Bowness-on-Windermere.
*Holly Howe: The farm where the Walkers stay and the home port of the "Swallow". This is modelled after Bank Ground Farm on the east side of Coniston Water.
*Wild Cat Island: The island where the Swallows and Amazons camp, is based on Blakeholme in Windermere, but the Secret Harbour at the south end comes from Peel Island in Coniston.
*Kanchenjunga: The mountain climbed in "Swallowdale" is Coniston Old Man, named Kanchenjunga because of a well-known expedition to climb the Himalayan mountain while Ransome was writing the book.
East Anglia
Generally Ransome was much more faithful to real geography while writing the books set in this part of England. The towns, villages and waterways in the area are generally given their real names and the descriptions match, apart from changes brought about since the books were written.
Other books
Ransome based the geography of the other three books, "Peter Duck", "Missee Lee" and "Great Northern?" on various books, and often from his own experience.
*Crab Island: The treasure island of "Peter Duck" was based on the volcanic Brazilian island of Trinidade described in E.F. Knight's book "The Cruise of the Alerte".
*The Hebredean setting of "Great Northern" was based on a fishing trip Ransome made to Lewis in the Outer Hebrides when researching the area for the book.
*Ransome sailed the "Nancy Blackett" from the River Orwell to Flushing when researching "We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea".
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