Annual Pass
Unlimited cruising for a whole year. | ⚓ Valid on any daytime cruise every day except Christmas Day 📆 364 days
This discounted ticket combines a day's worth of boat travel on Windermere with a visit to two top attractions at the south of the lake. It's a great day out for the whole family and combines stunning views from the water and a fascinating insight into the heritage and wildlife of the local area.
Please note that the museum is 2 miles from Lakeside Pier and we do not recommend walking to it as there is a dangerous road.
You should allow yourself at least 6 hours to make the most of this combined ticket.
Your ticket includes:
Unlimited travel on board any of our boats for 24 hours including the Red Cruise, Blue (Islands) Cruise and the Yellow Cruise to Lakeside Pier that's convenient for the Aquarium. This ticket is the most economical way of visiting these attractions by boat if travelling from our Ambleside (Waterhead) Pier.
A visit to the fascinating Lakes Aquarium to discover incredible creatures from otters and diving ducks to piranha and pike. There are events on every day including 'meet the creature' sessions.
A visit to the Lakeland Motor Museum - home to a collection of over 30,000 cars, motorcycles, scooters, cycles and auto memorabilia. Highlights include a Campbell Bluebird exhibition, Vincent motorcycle display and an Isle of Man TT display. There's something for the whole family with a riverside cafe, local heritage and period shopping displays. You can visit the museum within 5 days of your Freedom cruise ticket.
How to buy:
Adults | Children | Families |
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£39.00 | £22.20 | £109.50 |
This ticket is available all year round, but there are some restrictions on travel during some parts of the year:
Our ‘Freedom of the Lake' ticket is valid on all our scheduled sailings (includes blue, red, yellow and green cruises) for a period of 24 hours.We are unable to show all the timetable options for this great value ticket on one page, please refer back to our ‘cruises’ page for details or download a printed version of our brochures.
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🍃 WINDY WEATHER - Sunday 22 December (page updated -21/12/25 4.45pm) Strong winds are forecast for this weekend. As a precaution, we have suspended all cruise and self-drive bookings. Please keep checking back as weather conditions can change. |
🔴 RED CRUISE | Bowness → Brockhole → Ambleside Waterhead → Bowness | ⚠️ Awaiting weather report |
🟡 YELLOW CRUISE | Bowness ↔ Lakeside | ⚠️ Awaiting weather report |
🔵 ISLANDS CRUISE | Bowness → W'Mere Jetty Museum → Bowness | ⚠️ Awaiting weather report |
🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE | Bowness Beach only | ⚠️ Awaiting weather report |
🕑: We are now running to our off-peak season timetable (autumn/winter/spring).
Three different types of vessels operate on our routes with varying accessibility.
Please visit our Accessibility section for more information.
Wheelchair users are strongly advised to call us to confirm which vessel is operating on which service, particularly in poor weather conditions. As on rare occasions, the vessels operating each route can change.
If a disabled adult in your group needs a carer, then the carer travels free. For more information about this scheme and to see all the terms and conditions, please read our company policy for disabled passengers.
Our services are provided in accordance with our Conditions of Carriage.
For the safety and comfort of all passengers and crew, Windermere Lake Cruises Ltd operates a no smoking policy on-board its vessels, piers and shore premises. This includes electronic cigarettes.
All well behaved dogs are welcome on board and travel for free.
Bikes are welcome on board our larger vessels if space is available. Each bike will cost £1 per journey pier to pier payable on the day of travel.