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 +
Join the boat at Bowness and travel south to Lakeside Pier, and take a return trip on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. Your ticket allows you to visit the fascinating Lakeland Motor Museum on the same day or within 5 days after your cruise/train journey.
To enjoy all the activities on one day will take a minimum of 5 hours.
Alternatively, this ticket can be used with Lakeside Pier as starting point - choose which order you'd like to visit your attractions:
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Adults | Children | Families |
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£35.50 | £21.20 | £101.50 |
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.
Image(s) shown above may not represent the vessel which operates this service.
🔴 RED CRUISE | Bowness → W'Mere Jetty Museum →Brockhole → Ambleside Waterhead → Bowness | ✔️ Services OK |
🟡 YELLOW CRUISE | Bowness ↔ Lakeside | ✔️ Services OK |
🔵 ISLANDS CRUISE | Bowness → Bowness | ✔️ Services OK |
🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE from Bowness | Bowness Beach (every day) / Bowness Dock (weekends only) | ✔️ Services OK |
🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE from Waterhead | Waterhead (near Ambleside) ↻ | ✔️ Services OK |
🟤 YELLOW CRUISE & STEAM TRAIN | Haverthwaite ↔ Lakeside ↔ Bowness | ✔️ Services OK |
🟢 GREEN CRUISE | Ambleside → Wray Castle → Brockhole → Ambleside | ✔️ Services OK |
🚶 WALKERS TICKET | Bowness → Brockhole → Wray Castle → Walk → Ash Landing → Bowness | ✔️ Services OK |
🚣 ROW BOAT HIRE from Bowness | Bowness Beach / Bowness Dock ↻ | ✔️ Services OK |
🚣 ROW BOAT HIRE from Waterhead | Waterhead (near Ambleside) ↻ | ✔️ Services OK |
Bowness ↔ Ash Landing | ✔️ Services OK | |
⚫ FELL FOOT FERRY | Lakeside ↔ Fell Foot | ✔️ Services OK |
🕑: We are now running to our peak season timetable.
Two 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.
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.