Location : Ambleside Waterhead / Bowness-on-Windermere / Lakeside
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 377030 (Waterhead)
Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HQ. Tel 015394 43360.
Email: mail@windermere-lakecruises.co.uk
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The steamship 'Teal' heading towards Waterhead, Ambleside.
Windermere Lake Cruises has a large fleet of modern and traditional launches and 'steamers', which operate the full length of Windermere, calling at Waterhead, Bowness and Lakeside. A return cruise between Bowness and Waterhead takes about 1.25 hours. A return cruise between Bowness and Lakeside takes about 1.5 hourse, and a return cruise round the whole lake takes about 3 hours. Some boats also stop at the pier at Brockhole, the National Park Visitor Centre.
Although often described as steamers, the former British Rail owned boats are all in fact motor vessels, and are the MV Tern of 1891, the MV Teal of 1936, and the MV Swan of 1938.
Lakeside Station was built in 1869 as the terminus of the old Furness Railway. Today you can travel to Haverthwaite on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. Also at the station is the Aquarium of the Lakes. Combined tickets for these can be purchased.
The steamship 'Teal' approaches Bowness Pier.
Leaving Bowness Pier, with the Belsfield Hotel behind.
Miss Cumbria 4 heading towards Waterhead, Ambleside.
At Waterhead Pier, Ambleside.
Evening buffet cruises, with music and theatre, are available from Bowness pier aboard MV Teal and MV Swan on wednesday evenings at 7.00pm.
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