Freedom of the Lake, Steam Train & Motor Museum
Spend a day exploring the lake and visit two local attractions | ⚓ Unlimited boats + 🚂 Steam Train + 🚗 Museum 🕑 5 hours +
Explore the best of Lakeland scenery on board traditional 'steamers', launches, and a nostalgic steam train.
This ticket is great value and gives you access to all of our scheduled of sailings (includes blue (Islands), red, yellow and green cruises) for a period of 24 hours and includes a return trip on the historic Lakeside and Haverthwaite Steam Railway. The railway is a minutes' walk from our Lakeside Pier and is a perfect way to explore the stunning Levens Valley at the south of Windermere.
Important Information
| Adults | Children | Families |
|---|---|---|
| £39.00 | £20.50 | £108.00 |
Enjoy views from your carriage up to Lakeside; the southern tip of Lake Windermere.
As this is a Freedom of the Lake ticket, we are unable to display all the timetable options for this ticket - its valid on any sailing for 24 hours. Plan your day out with a timetable from the timetable section.
| 🔴 RED CRUISE | Bowness → W'Mere Jetty Museum →Brockhole → Ambleside Waterhead → Bowness | ✔️ |
| 🟡 YELLOW CRUISE | Bowness ↔ Lakeside | ✔️ |
| 🔵 ISLANDS CRUISE | Bowness → Bowness | ✔️ Services OK |
| 🟢 GREEN CRUISE | Ambleside → Wray Castle → Brockhole → Ambleside | ✔️ Services OK |
| 🚶 WALKERS TICKET | Bowness → Brockhole → Wray Castle → Walk → Car Ferry→ Bowness | ✔️ Services OK |
| 🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE from Bowness | Bowness Beach / Bowness Dock ↻ | ✔️ |
| 🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE from Waterhead | Waterhead (near Ambleside) ↻ | ✔️ |
| 🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE from Lakeside | Lakeside ↻ | ✔️ |
| 🚣 ROW BOAT HIRE from Bowness | Bowness Beach / Bowness Dock ↻ | ❌Sorry, too windy |
| 🚣 ROW BOAT HIRE from Waterhead | Waterhead (near Ambleside) ↻ | ❌Sorry, too windy |
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| Bowness ↔ Ash Landing | ❌Closed for season |
| ⚫ FELL FOOT FERRY | Lakeside ↔ Fell Foot | ❌Closed for season |
🕑: We are now running to our
peak season timetable.
Three different types of vessels operate on this route 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.
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 the Freedom of the Lake.