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Freedom Of The Lake ®

Enjoy a full day out on Windermere

Explore the whole of Windermere and enjoy a full day out with a Freedom of the Lake ® ticket.

Our best value cruise ticket is valid on all scheduled sailings and is valid for 24 hours from time of purchase or when you exchange your online e-voucher for your ticket at our piers.

The ticket is valid on all of the following cruises:

  • Full length of Windermere | Lakeside ↔ Ambleside (Waterhead) - combining Red & Yellow Cruise
  • Red Cruise | Half of the lake: Bowness → Brockhole → Ambleside (Waterhead) → Bowness
  • Yellow Cruise | Half of the lake: Bowness ↔ Lakeside
  • Islands (Blue) Cruise | Bowness→ Windermere Jetty Museum→ Bowness

The Freedom of the Lake ® ticket allows you to sit back, relax and see the whole of the lake. Travel the full length of Lake Windermere in just under 3 hours.

Standard Ticket Prices (valid from Monday 4th November 2024 until Friday 4th April 2025)

  • Prices below are return fares
  • Book your tickets by selecting a date in the 'Book Your Cruise' box below.
Adults Children Families
£24.50£12.25£67.00

Additional Information

Explore Windermere to the full with 'The Freedom of the Lake'.

Explore Windermere to the full with 'The Freedom of the Lake'.

Enjoy a full day on Windermere and have time to explore the full length of the lake.

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Select a date to view prices and sailing times.

  • Child prices are valid for children aged 5-15 years. Children under 5 travel free.
  • Family tickets are valid for 2 adults and up to 3 children.

Timetable

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.

Additional Information

Download Timetable (PDF) Service Status Route Map Access & Facilities

Download Timetable (PDF)

🕥 Off-Peak Season Timetable (15 Feb - 4 Apr 2025)

File Size: 450.616 KB

🕒 Peak Season Timetable (5 April to 25 May 2025)

File Size: 513.951 KB

🕒 Peak Season Timetable (26 May to 30 May 2025)

File Size: 516.262 KB

🕒 Peak Season Timetable (31 May to 20 July 2025)

File Size: 514.202 KB

🕒 Peak Season Timetable (21 July to 31 August 2025)

File Size: 519.899 KB

🕒 Peak Season Timetable (1 to 26 September 2025)

File Size: 516.198 KB

🕒 Peak Season Timetable (27 Sept to 5 Oct 2025)

File Size: 514.627 KB

🕒 Peak Season Timetable (6 to 25 October 2025)

File Size: 509.861 KB

🕒 Peak Season Timetable (26 Oct to 2 Nov 2025)

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👁️ Lake Spotter's Guide - guide to what you'll see from on board

File Size: 862.877 KB

🖍️ Kid's Activity sheet (download & print to colour in)

File Size: 517.709 KB

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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

Route Map

Load Map

Access & Facilities

♿ Disabled Access

Three different types of vessels operate on our routes with varying accessibility.

  • ♿ MV Swift - (marked with a green wheelchair icon on our timetables): our most accessible vessel - step-free access from pier to indoor/outdoor seating & accessible toilet
  • ♿ 'Steamers' MV Swan/Teal - (marked with black wheelchair icon on our timetables) - step-free access from pier to indoor/outdoor seating. Toilets down steep steps.
  • ❌ 'Steamer' Tern & modern launches like Miss Cumbria/Miss Lakeland - are not recommended for customers with limited mobility
  • ❌ Traditional launches like Queen of The Lake - are not recommended for customers with limited mobility

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.

Upgrade This Cruise

Did you know that you can make more of your cruise by upgrading it? Why not combine your Freedom of the Lake cruise with a local attraction?

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Unlimited cruising for a whole year. | ⚓ Valid on any daytime cruise every day except Christmas Day 📆 364 days

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48 Hour Freedom of the Lake

Unlimited boat travel for 48 hours on all routes | ⚓ See the full lake on this ticket.

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