Freedom of the Lake, Motor Museum & Aquarium
Spend a day exploring the lake and visit two local attractions | ⚓ Unlimited boats + 🐠 Aquarium + 🚗 Museum 🕑 5 hours +
This discounted ticket combines a beautiful half lake cruise on Windermere with a visit to two top attractions - Lakes Aquarium right next to Lakeside Pier and Lakeland Motor Museum that's a 15 mins drive away. This ticket is great for the whole family and combines stunning views from the water, and a fascinating insight into the heritage and wildlife of the local area. You should allow yourself at least 4 hours to make the most of this combined ticket, but you don't have to visit Lakeland Motor Museum on the same day - its valid for 5 days after your cruise & Aquarium visit.
Your ticket includes:
Adults | Children | Families |
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£33.50 | £21.00 | £96.00 |
This ticket can be used to start from either Bowness or Lakeside and is valid on all scheduled Yellow Cruise departure times and not time specific.
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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. Please keep checking back as weather conditions can change. |
🔴 RED CRUISE | Bowness → Brockhole → Ambleside Waterhead → Bowness | ⚠️ Services OK this morning |
🟡 YELLOW CRUISE | Bowness ↔ Lakeside | ⚠️ Services OK this morning |
🔵 ISLANDS CRUISE | Bowness → W'Mere Jetty Museum → Bowness | ✔️ Services OK |
🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE | Bowness Beach only | ⚠️ Just turn up today. 1 hour bookings only. |
🕑: We are now running to our off-peak season timetable (autumn/winter/spring).
Four different types of vessels operate this services 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 £2 per journey pier to pier payable on the day of travel.
Did you know that you can make more of your cruise by upgrading it? Why not combine your cruise with a local attraction, or enjoy a full day on Windermere with a Freedom of the Lake ticket, allowing you unlimited travel for 24 hours.