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Current Service Status: amber

Annual Pass

12 months of unlimited travel on all of our routes

A year full of boat travel on one easy-to-carry card

If you travel regularly with us then it makes sense to buy an Annual Pass. Your special pass gets you unlimited travel on every route except our Summer Evening Buffet Cruise and is great value, its works out for just 65p a day (49p a day for locals).

💳The plastic card is wallet size and personalised for you, we just need a recent photo for the back of it. Simply present your card at any ticket office on the day and get issued with a boarding pass for travel.

A sample card superimposed over a steamer on Lake Windermere

Perfect for commuting, pleasure or just travelling without a car, your annual pass is valid on all routes, all year round:

  • Red Cruise (Bowness → Brockhole → Ambleside → Bowness) With stops at Windermere Jetty Museum in the summer. ALL YEAR.
  • Yellow Cruise (Bowness ↔ Lakeside). ALL YEAR.
  • Green Cruise (Ambleside → Wray Castle → Brockhole → Ambleside). PEAK SEASON ONLY
  • Islands (Blue) Cruise (Bowness ↺). ALL YEAR
  • Full lake (Red & Yellow combined) ALL YEAR

The pass is valid for 12 months from purchase and we sail every day except Christmas Day.

4 seasons depicted through  images of the boats

Cost

(Valid until 3 November 2024)

AdultChild (5-15)Family (2 adults & up to 3 children)
£250.00£125.00£680.00

How to buy

☎️ Please call us on 015394 43360 to purchase your annual card. We will need some information so that we can re-issue if your card is lost.

Additional Information

  • LA/CA Postcode? You can purchase a Annual Pass with a local resident discount - Adults £190, Child £95.00, Family £520.00
  • Card must be presented at any ticket office to receive a boarding pass for the day of travel
  • Lost card? Don't worry, we can re-issue any time within the 12 month period
MV Swift on Windermere

MV Swift on Windermere

Travel all year round on a great value Annual Pass

Service Status

amber

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🍃 WINDY WEATHER - Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 December (page updated -21/12/25 9:40am)

Strong winds are forecast for this weekend. As a precaution, we have suspended all cruise and self-drive bookings.
Winds are getting stronger this afternoon, so services are closing earlier today - see details below.

Please keep checking back as weather conditions can change.

Today's Service Status

🔴 RED CRUISE Bowness → Brockhole → Ambleside Waterhead → Bowness

⚠️ Services OK this morning
Last boat Bowness → Ambleside at 14:15
Last boat Ambleside → Bowness at 14:30

🟡 YELLOW CRUISEBowness ↔ Lakeside

⚠️ Services OK this morning
Last boat Bowness → Lakeside at 14:00
Last boat Lakeside → Bowness at 13:05

🔵 ISLANDS CRUISE

Bowness → W'Mere Jetty Museum → Bowness

✔️ Services OK
🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE
Bowness Beach only

⚠️ Just turn up today. 1 hour bookings only.
Last hire is 13:00 →
14:00

🕑: We are now running to our off-peak season timetable (autumn/winter/spring).

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