Windermere Lake Cruises

Windermere Lake Cruises is the main boat operator on the lake and offers the following routes:

Bowness - Ambleside
Bowness - Lakeside

Cruises operate year-round but are more frequent in the summer.

Schedules are co-ordinated with the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. Combination boat and railway tickets are available.

They also provide a service from Ambleside to the Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole and a cruise around Windermere’s islands departing from Bowness.

Visitors wishing to travel to the Lakes Aquarium at Lakeside can purchase a combination boat and aquarium ticket.

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Editor

2008 fares:
Bowness - Ambleside 5.75 single, 8.25 return
Bowness - Lakeside 6.00 single, 8.50 return
Children under 5 and well-behaved dogs travel free.

Kim

I loved going on the boat across the lake. What a lovely way to see the villages and hillsides. Travel in style to your destinations. It was so relaxing.

Steve Entwistle

There's a large island in the middle of Windermere called Belle Island. It was believed to have been settled by the Romans.

Info

Bowness Pier, The Promenade, Bowness, Cumbria LA23 3HQ

Tel: 015394 42600

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