Bowness-on-Windermere

By train

It is about a mile from the Windermere railway station which links to Oxenholme (near Kendal) on the west coast main line. One can walk, if one likes, from Windermere station to Bowness. Alternatively, buses are available every 20 minutes from the railway station to the ferry jetty. Taxis are also available. If there is a group of 4-5 people, taxis may be economically more viable, because buses would cost almost as much.

By ferry

A car ferry operates daily (except 25, 26 Dec) from Far Sawrey, running approximately every 20 minutes between 06:50 and 20:50 Mon-Sat, starting at 09:10 on Sun and with later sailings in summer. Cars £4.20, pedestrians 50p.

• The main attraction of Bowness-on-Windermere is the ferry. The most popular and widely used service is from Bowness-on-Windermere to Ambleside. The ferry trip is an experience of a lifetime, offering a faboulous ride across a wonderful lake. Tickets are available for an one-way trip or a return trip. Some people prefer to return by ferry, others move ahead from Ambleside to other places such as Rydal Mount, Grasmere, or Keswick, or even return from Ambleside to either Bowness-on-Windermere or Windermere town by bus or taxi. There are a number of other ferry trips.
• Bowness Taxis, 1 Lake Road, Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3AP, Telephone +44 15394 46664.

• Abacus Taxis

• Lake Windermere, England’s largest lake.
• St. Martin parish church built in 1483.

• Stott Park Bobbin Mill

  phone: +44 1539 531087
  address: Colton, LA12 8AX
  A mill built in 1835 that made wooden bobbins for thread.

• Boat rides on the Lake (Windermere).
• Visit the Glebe for a picnic on a sunny day.
• Lakeside aquarium. Access by ferry or train.
• Visit the Beatrix Potter Museum.

Shopping for touristy things as well as luxury chocolates and icecream.

There are numerous small eateries around the ferry jetty offering all types of fast food.
Try the fish and chips. However those who prefer to go to a proper place to eat may try out one of the following and numerous other restaurants.

• Stefans Bistro

  phone: +44 15394 43535

• Villa Positano

  phone: +44 15394 45663

• The China Boat

  phone: +44 15394 46326

• Rastellis

  phone: +44 15394 44227
  Italian

• Jade Delight

  phone: +44 15394 42825

• Nissi Restaurant

  phone: +44 15394 45055

• Rumours Pizzeria

  phone: +44 15394 44382

• Jacksons Brasserie

  phone: +44 15394 88488

• Messinas, Bowness

  phone: +44 15394 88488

• Jintana Thai Restaurant

  phone: +44 15394 45002

• Linthwaite House

  phone: +44 15394 88700

Almost all restaurants and hotels have bars.

The place is full of hotels and lodges many of them offering bed and breakfast options. Some prefer this place to Windermere, which is not on the lake. However, even if one stays in Windermere, it takes just minutes to reach the lake.

• Best Western Burn How Hotel

  phone: +44 15394 46226
  Tariff £45-85 per person per day. It also offers vegetarian food.

• Beechwood Guest House

  address: Beresford Road, LA23 2JG
  Tariff £27-55, extra during holidays/ weekends.

• Belsfield Hotel

  phone: +44 15 3944 2448
  address: Kendal Road, LA23 3EL
  Hotel opened in 1892 in a house built in 1845, and recently refurbished by Laura Ashley designers.

• Elim Bank Hotel

  phone: +44 15394 44810
  address: Lake Road, LA23 2JJ
  Fine Victorian Lake District House offering a warm welcome, 7 en-suite bedrooms and excellent breakfasts. Tariff From £35ppn.

• Meadfoot

  phone: +44 15394 42610
  address: New Road (main road between Windermere and Bowness), Windermere LA23-2LA
  Bed & Breakfast from£20 to £30 per person per night.

• Laurel Cottage

  address: St.Martins Square, Kendal Road, LA23 3EF
  Bed & Breakfast from £26 to £45 per person per night.

• Lindeth Howe

  phone: +44 15394 45759
  address: Lindeth Drive, Longtail Hill, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3JF

• Oakbank House

  phone: +44 15394 43386
  address: Helm Road, LA23 3BU
  Bed & Breakfast.

• Blenheim Lodge

  phone: +44 15394 43440
  address: Brantfell Road, LA23 3AE
  Bed and breakfast in rooms with Lake Windermere views.

• Craig Manor Hotel

  phone: +44 15394 88877
  address: Lake Road, LA23 2JF
  Country hotel overlooking Lake Windermere

• The Fairfield Garden Guest House

  phone: +44 15394 46565
  address: Brantfell Road, LA23 3AE
  Bed & Breakfast from £29 to £40 per person per night.

• Fair Rigg Guest House

  phone: +44 15394 43941
  address: Ferry View, LA23 3JB
  Tariff £32-40 per person per night.

• The Willowsmere

  phone: +44 15394 43575
  address: Ambleside Road, Windermere
  Traditional Lakeland Guest House, Family run warm welcome

• Grasmere - small village a few miles from Bowness. Birthplace of William Wordsworth.
• Ambleside
• Kendal (England) - large town 20-30 minutes from the village with a vibrant shopping district.