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Annual Pass

12 months of unlimited travel on all of our routes

A year full of boat travel on one easy-to-carry card

If you travel regularly with us then it makes sense to buy an Annual Pass. Your special pass gets you unlimited travel on every route except our Summer Evening Buffet Cruise and is great value, its works out for just 65p a day (49p a day for locals).

💳The plastic card is wallet size and personalised for you, we just need a recent photo for the back of it. Simply present your card at any ticket office on the day and get issued with a boarding pass for travel.

A sample card superimposed over a steamer on Lake Windermere

Perfect for commuting, pleasure or just travelling without a car, your annual pass is valid on all routes, all year round:

  • Red Cruise (Bowness → Brockhole → Ambleside → Bowness) With stops at Windermere Jetty Museum in the summer. ALL YEAR.
  • Yellow Cruise (Bowness ↔ Lakeside). ALL YEAR.
  • Green Cruise (Ambleside → Wray Castle → Brockhole → Ambleside). PEAK SEASON ONLY
  • Islands (Blue) Cruise (Bowness ↺). ALL YEAR
  • Full lake (Red & Yellow combined) ALL YEAR

The pass is valid for 12 months from purchase and we sail every day except Christmas Day.

4 seasons depicted through  images of the boats

Cost

(Valid until 27 March 2026)

AdultChild (5-15)Family (2 adults & up to 3 children)
£260.00£130.00£710.00

How to buy

☎️ Please call us on 015394 43360 to purchase your annual card. We will need some information so that we can re-issue if your card is lost.

Additional Information

  • LA/CA Postcode? You can purchase a Annual Pass with a local resident discount - Adults £200, Child £100, Family £545
  • Card must be presented at any ticket office to receive a boarding pass for the day of travel
  • Lost card? Don't worry, we can re-issue any time within the 12 month period
MV Swift on Windermere

MV Swift on Windermere

Travel all year round on a great value Annual Pass

Service Status

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Change of timetable - Friday 13 June to Monday 16 June

Due to the Great North Swim and Windermere Marathon over the weekend of 13-15 June, we have a change to our advertised timetables.

  • Friday 13 - Sunday 15 June - running a regular Red Cruise/Green Cruise timetable with extra shuttle boats for the sporting events.
  • Monday 16 June - no boats will call into Brockhole and the ticket office will be closed

    The area around Ambleside, Brockhole and Bowness will be busy this weekend (13-15 June). Please leave extra time for your journey and to find parking

Today's Service Status

🔴 RED CRUISE Bowness → W'Mere Jetty Museum →Brockhole → Ambleside Waterhead → Bowness

⚠️ No/Limited access to Brockhole

🟡 YELLOW CRUISEBowness ↔ Lakeside

✔️ Services OK

🔵 ISLANDS CRUISE

Bowness → Bowness

✔️ Services OK
🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE from Bowness
Bowness Beach / Bowness Dock ↻

✔️ Services OK

🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE from WaterheadWaterhead (near Ambleside) ↻

✔️ Services OK

🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE from LakesideLakeside ↻✔️ Services OK
🟤 YELLOW CRUISE & STEAM TRAINHaverthwaite ↔ Lakeside ↔ Bowness

✔️ Services OK

🟢 GREEN CRUISEAmbleside → Wray Castle → Brockhole → Ambleside

⚠️ No/Limited access to Brockhole

🚶 WALKERS TICKETBowness → Brockhole → Wray Castle → Walk → Car Ferry→ Bowness⚠️ No/Limited access to Brockhole
🚣 ROW BOAT HIRE from BownessBowness Beach / Bowness Dock ↻

⚠️ Too windy

🚣 ROW BOAT HIRE from WaterheadWaterhead (near Ambleside) ↻

✔️ Services OK

CROSS LAKES SHUTTLE

Bowness ↔ Ash Landing✔️ Services OK
FELL FOOT FERRYLakeside ↔ Fell Foot

✔️ Services OK

🕑: We are now running to our peak season timetable.

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