Red Cruise
Our most scenic half-lake cruise with mountain views | ⚓ Bowness→ (Brockhole) → (Windermere Jetty Museum) → Ambleside → Bowness 🕘 75 mins
Bowness → Bowness | See route map below
🕘 45 minutes in length / departs every 30 minutes in peak season, fewer in the winter.
Join us for a circular cruise from Bowness, with fantastic views of the many islands (holmes), Lakeland mountains, wooded shorelines and bays.
Adults | Children | Families |
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£13.50 | £6.75 | £37.00 |
This cruise departs from Bowness Pier and is valid on all scheduled blue cruise departure times and your ticket is not time specific.
Additional sailings operate on weekends, sunny days, school holidays and as demand requires. Prices and timetable information are subject to change without notice.
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🔴 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 / Bowness Dock ↻ | ✔️ 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) ↻ | ⚠️ Back Late April. |
Bowness ↔ Ash Landing | ✔️ Services OK | |
⚫ FELL FOOT FERRY | Lakeside ↔ Fell Foot | ⚠️ Starts 25 May |
🕑: We are now running to our peak season timetable.
Islands Cruise is one of the least accessible routes we offer and is operated by modern launches:
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.
If a disabled adult in your group needs a carer, then the carer travels free. For more information about this scheme and to see all the terms and conditions, please read our company policy for disabled passengers.
Our services are provided in accordance with our Conditions of Carriage.
For the safety and comfort of all passengers and crew, Windermere Lake Cruises Ltd operates a no smoking policy on-board its vessels, piers and shore premises. This includes electronic cigarettes.
All well behaved dogs are welcome on board and travel for free.