Archive: 2018

A highlight of The Lake District’s Christmas schedule returns to Windermere this coming weekend, when it’s hoped visitors will leave the stress of driving behind and instead use alternative travel methods to get there; specifically, by boat and by ‘goat’. The Windermere Christmas…

Windermere Lake Cruises will be among almost 5,000 exhibitors at a major international travel trade event next week, as the attraction and its partners showcase the visitor offering to tourism industry officials and businesses from across the world. England’s fourth most popular…

There are still 15 weeks to go before Christmas, but tickets for two of Windermere Lake Cruises’ ‘Santa Cruise’ sailings have sold out already. Father Christmas will be making an appearance on no fewer than eight Windermere Lake Cruises services this December, with tickets…

Cyclists will again be able to continue to cross Windermere between Bowness and Ferry House from 3 September 2018, thanks to Windermere Lake Cruises’ cross-lake shuttle service. Costing just £1 more than the usual foot passenger ticket price, ten scheduled departures which can accommodate…

How does 24 hours of unlimited cruising on Windermere sound, along with a visit to the Lakeland Motor Museum and a trip on the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway - all for less than £12.50? That’s exactly what’s on offer for local people from across Cumbria and North Lancashire…

PRESS RELEASE - AUGUST 2018 Figures out today (August 2018) from VisitEngland confirm that Windermere Lake Cruises is again officially one of England’s most popular ‘paid for’ visitor attractions, based on passenger numbers. The latest…

PRESS RELEASE - 06/08/18 Cyclists are praising the increasingly popular ‘Bike Boat’ scheme offered by Windermere Lake Cruises throughout the summer school holiday period, which last month…

A Lake District charity which helps people with learning disabilities learn to sail has marked its 25th birthday out on the water, with a huge celebration on the iconic Windermere ‘steamer’ MV Swan - which has itself just turned 80 in recent weeks.* pictured above - Founder of…

The popular ‘Bike Boat’ scheme offered by Windermere Lake Cruises will return to operating a daily service from this weekend (21st July 2018), running eight crossings each-way between Brockhole and Bark Barn throughout the summer school holiday period. The service will be…

One of Windermere Lake Cruises’ historic passenger boats has gone electric for the first time – and will take her maiden voyage as an all-electric vessel this Saturday 30 June 2018. MV Venture, which was built by local boat-builder Alan Brockbank and his team in the late 1960s, has…