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A Christmas cracker of an offer for local residents
Published: 11th December 2013
Two of Cumbria’s most popular visitor attractions are joining together to offer local residents an early Christmas present – with almost 50% off combined ‘car and cruise’ tickets over the festive period.
More InfoHalf term family fun: Free bike hire and British Cycling-led guided rides in the Lakes
Published: 16th October 2013
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Mums and dads can keep the kids entertained – and help get fit – with a free Family Cycling Festival at Brockhole, the Lake District Visitor Centre near Ambleside this half term.
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Big Autumn push to attract new international visitors for 2014
Published: 1st October 2013
Windermere Lake Cruises is planning a series of high profile activities this autumn to attract more overseas visitors to Windermere and the surrounding area in 2014.
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Halloween ‘Ghost Ship’ with spooky storyteller
Published: 1st October 2013
Parents can keep the kids enthralled this October half term with some spooky storytelling aboard a very special ‘Ghost Ship’ on Windermere.
More InfoThe Queen and The Princess Royal sail on board historic Windermere steamer
Published: 17th July 2013
One of Windermere’s historic steamers has today, Wednesday 17 July, welcomed two very special visitors; Her Majesty The Queen and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal. MV Teal, the largest steamer ever built for the lake, hosted the two Royal guests on a cruise from Bowness-on-Windermere up the lake to Brockhole, the Lake District Visitor Centre. It is the second time The Queen has travelled on board the Teal, having previously sailed from Ambleside to Bowness with The Duke of Edinburgh back in August 1956.
More InfoSouth Cumbrian businesses come together to provide free summer travel for all
Published: 9th July 2013
A free bus service linking up a range of visitor destinations across South Lakes is back bigger and better than ever before, thanks to support from the GoLakes Travel programme and a unique collaboration of local businesses. The South Lakes FreeRider has proved popular with visitors and residents over the past two years, and this summer will see the route extended to Grange-over-Sands and Grizedale Forest. That means passengers not only have easier access to the coastal village of Grange and the Cartmel Peninsula, but a range of activities at Grizedale Visitor Centre including mountain biking, Go Ape! and walking trails boasting sixty impressive sculptures to discover across the forest.
More InfoNew Windermere ‘Bike Boat’ to go daily
Published: 2nd July 2013
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Cycling
A newly launched ‘Bike Boat’ - providing a special ferry service for cyclists across England’s longest lake - will go daily for the school summer holidays. Windermere Lake Cruises has specially adapted a traditional wooden vessel, Sunflower, to carry up to 12 bikes and passengers across the lake and back. Running approximately every 20 minutes, it will act as a ferry service for cyclists travelling between Brockhole, the Lake District Visitor Centre, on the eastern side of the lake and Wray, on Windermere’s tranquil western shore.
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‘Ranger boats’ offer a fresh look at the wonders of Windermere
Published: 17th June 2013
Sit back and enjoy a fresh look at Windermere this summer aboard one of the special ‘Ranger Boats’ setting sail on England’s largest lake. Complete with live commentary from dedicated Lake District National Park Rangers, these three hour sailings aboard the lake’s historic steamers will run in July, August and September and will provide a unique perspective of the lake, its wildlife and its history.
More Info'Park and Sail' to the UK's biggest outdoor Swimming Event
Published: 22nd May 2013
Spectators heading to the Great North Swim this summer (14-16 June 2013) can escape the traffic and bag themselves a truly unique viewpoint for one of the summer’s most exciting sporting spectacles with Windermere Lake Cruises.
More InfoNew Directors appointed for first time in ten years
Published: 21st May 2013
Windermere Lake Cruises has unveiled the appointment of two new Directors for the first time in a decade. The news coincides with the twentieth anniversary of Bowness Bay Boating Co. purchasing The Windermere Iron Steamboat Company in May 1993 to form Windermere Lake Cruises.
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