Archive: 2021

Windermere Lake Cruises has undertaken a complex operation to return its newest vessel MV ‘Swift’ back to the water after undergoing routine checks to ensure she is shipshape for the new visitor season.Swift became the biggest boat to be launched onto England’s longest…

As the UK celebrates the start of National Walking month this May, one of England’s best-known outdoor attractions says green spaces will continue to play a massive role in helping people to restore their mental and physical wellbeing as lockdown restrictions continue to ease.Windermere…

With overnight temperatures plunging below freezing and a windchill factor of minus 10 across Cumbria over the past 48 hours, parts of England’s longest lake have begun to freeze over for the first time in more than ten years.The Lake District is no stranger to stunning panoramas of…

Fascinating photographs have been unearthed by Windermere Lake Cruises, from an era when there was just as much of an appetite to enjoy views from below the lake’s surface as there was to enjoy the views from above it. While England’s longest lake is best known for its…

One of our most iconic vessels is being given a facelift in the form of a brand new navigation bridge, in time for the summer’s 130thanniversary of the boat’s launch onto the lake.Originally to be named ‘Swallow’, a last-minute change of heart resulted in the vessel being named…