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Unlimited boat travel for 24 hours on all routes | ⚓ See the full lake on this ticket: Lakeside ↔ Bowness ↔ Ambleside in 🕘 over 3 hours
Fell Foot Ferry
Picnics, playgrounds and more - just five minutes ferry ride from Lakeside Pier.
 | Fell Foot Ferry starts again on Saturday 24 May 2025 We're just confirming the timetable and prices and this page will be updated by the end of March 2025. |
Combine your visit to Lakeside Pier with a trip to Fell Foot Park, a popular National Trust lakeside park with a picnic area and children’s adventure playground.
If you're visiting Fell Foot, use this service for a mini-cruise of Windermere or to visit Lakes Aquarium and Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway. Alternatively walk along the River Leven to Newby Bridge.
Newby Bridge village has regular bus services (6 & X6) to Barrow, Kendal, Ulverston and the Lakeland Motor Museum.
Enjoy a lakeshore walk or paddle and explore the grounds at the southernmost tip of Lake Windermere.
Fell Foot's Boathouse Café serves a range of hot and cold meals, snacks and drinks, picnics are very welcome in the park. BBQs are not allowed due to potential damage they may cause to the parkland.
Fell Foot now holds a Changing Places facility on site; a fully accessible changing room with a height adjustable bench and hoist for those with complex care needs.
Find out more about the park
Timetable
- Fell Foot Ferry runs from 24 May to 28 September 2025, then weekends only in October and then every day in October Half Term (19 Oct - 3 Nov.)
| Lakeside Departures | Fell Foot Departures |
| 10:30 | 10:40 |
| 11:00 | 11:10 |
| 11:30 | 11:40 |
| 12 Noon | 12:10 |
| 12:30 | 12:40 |
| 13:00 | 13:10 |
| 13:15 - MINI CRUISE | A delightful 30-minute cruise around the southern tip of Windermere. * |
| 14:00 | 14:10 |
| 14:40 | 14:50 |
| 15:00 | 15:10 |
| 15:15 - MINI CRUISE | A delightful 30-minute cruise around the southern tip of Windermere. * |
| 16:00 | 16:10 |
| 16:30 | 16:40 |
| 17:00 | 17:10 |
Ticket Prices
(Until 3 November 2025)
| ↩ | Adult Return | £5.80 |
| ↦ | Adult Single | £2.90 |
| ↩ | Child Return (3-15 Years) | £2.90 |
| ↦ | Child Single (3 - 15 years) | £1.45 |
| ↩ | Family Return (2 adults & up to 3 children) | £15.50 |
| ↦ | Family Single (2 adults & up to 3 children) | £7.75 |
Mini-cruise Prices
| 🛳️ | Adult | £11.00 |
| 🛳️ | Child (5-15 years) | £5.50 |
| 🛳️ | Family (2 adults & up to 3 children) | £30.00 |
Additional Information
- Sorry, this ticket is not available to book online, simply purchase your ticket on the day of travel.
- Child Price - 3-15 years old, Children 0-2 travel for free.
- * Mini-cruise costs Adults - £11.00, Children - £5.50 & Families (2+3) - £30.00.
- All tickets are half price when purchased with a valid yellow cruise ticket from Bowness.
- Discounts on further travel from Lakeside and on Freedom of the Lake tickets are available - please ask at pier.