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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

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🍃 Windy weather - 21 to 23 February 2025
(Page updated Friday 21 February 9:10am)

FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY -

  • ⚠️ CRUISES - Sorry, due to high winds we're only operating special circular cruises today. See timetable below. These sailings may have to be cancelled at short notice due to increasing winds forecast later today.
  • ❌ SELF-DRIVE BOATS - Sorry, no boats today.

Sunday 23 February - Possible disruption to all cruises and self-drives. No booking currently available.

Special Circular Cruises - services may change if weather conditions worsen.

🕑 45 minutes in length

🔄 Non-landing circular i.e. Ambleside to Ambleside (we don't want to leave anyone stranded at another pier if the weather worsens this afternoon)

🎫 Tickets Adult £13.50 Child £6.75 (buy at the pier ticket offices)


🛳️ Ambleside Waterhead Pier (LA22 0EY) - Ambleside to Ambleside

⚠️ Currently too windy - no services today


🛳️ Bowness Pier (LA23 3HQ) - Bowness to Bowness only

10:30 | 11:15 | ♿11:45 | 12:15 | ♿12:45 | 13:15 | 13:45 | ♿14:15 | 14:45 | ♿15:15 | 15:45 | ♿16:15


🛳️ Lakeside Pier (LA12 8AS) - Lakeside to Lakeside only

11:20 | 13:05 | 14:50

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