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The headquarters of Windermere Lake Cruises is near the ferry pier at Bowness-on-Windermere, whilst the boats are maintained on a slipway at Lakeside and a dry dock at Waterhead. The fleet of 17 passenger carrying vessels comprises four larger ships, usually referred to as steamers although all are now diesel/ diesel electric powered, and a ...
The Windermere Ferry is a vehicular cable ferry which crosses Windermere, the largest lake in England and located within English county of Cumbria. [1] The ferry route forms part of the B5285 road and crosses the lake at about its midpoint, from Ferry Nab in Bowness-on-Windermere to Ferry House at Far Sawrey, a distance of some 490 metres (540 yd).
Sea Containers sold off their Windermere operations in 1993 to a local company, Bowness Bay Boating Company, who merged the vessels into their operations as Windermere Lake Cruises. [1] In 1996 she appeared in an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot. [2] A further refit in 1998 replaced Tern ' s Gleniffer diesel engines with Cummins diesel ...
Stagecoach bus routes 555 (Lancaster to Keswick) and 599 (Bowness-on-Windermere to Grasmere) stop outside the centre. Both these routes also serve Windermere railway station. [3] In the grounds of the centre is a jetty served by a number of boat services provided by Windermere Lake Cruises between March and October.
Bowness-on-Windermere is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It lies next to Lake Windermere and the town of Windermere to the north east and within the Lake District National Park .
It includes the towns of Windermere and Bowness-on-Windermere, the village of Troutbeck Bridge, the hamlet of Storrs and the areas of Ferney Green and Heathwaite. In 2021 the parish had a population of 7,676. [1] The parish borders Cartmel Fell, Claife, Colton, Crook, Hugill, Kentmere, Lakes, Satterthwaite and Staveley-in-Cartmel. [2]
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The Royal Windermere Yacht Club maintains a set of turning marks on the lake, which are also used by the Windermere Cruising Association. The Lake District Boat Club is a family orientated club open to all (owning a boat is not essential), [25] with premises located in Bowness the club house has views of the lake and surrounding fells. [26]