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We provide a range of services to journalists who would like to find out more about Lake Windermere and Windermere Lake Cruises to support topical news stories and features, including:

  • General facts and figures
  • Images
  • Case studies
  • Interview requests
  • Press trips (for commissioned pieces only)

For all Press Office enquiries, contact Samantha Marsh: smarsh@cumbriatourism.org / 01539 822 222

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Windermere’s newest vessel shipshape and ready for passengers
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Media Release 07/05/2021
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…
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Upturn in passengers wanting to ‘walk and cruise’ post-lockdown
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Media Release 30/04/2021
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…
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Parts of Windermere freeze over for first time in more than a decade
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12/02/2021
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…
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Windermere Lake Cruises unearths submarine cruise images from the archives
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12/02/2021
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…
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Lake trials and staff training begin onboard MV Swift
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22/09/2020
Five Windermere Lake Cruises Masters are set to begin their training to skipper the ‘MV Swift’, the biggest new vessel to be launched onto the lake in 80 years.With 32 years’ experience of working for Windermere Lake Cruises between them, Rob Beale, Mihai Nichita and James Ellis are undergoing…
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No offence, but we're keeping our distance
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16/06/2020
The views haven't changed, but our way of working has.We’ve made some changes to our services so that you can continue to enjoy a boat trip on Lake Windermere during the COVID-19 pandemic. We need your help and understanding to keep you, our staff, and our boats…
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Windermere Lake Cruises donate shop stock to Morecambe Bay Food Bank
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23/05/2020
Windermere Lake Cruises has donated more than 600 items of food and drink from its onboard and on-shore shops and cafes to the Morecambe Bay Foodbank, after asking which local foodbank was in the most desperate need for more stock.Following reports of an increase in the…
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Windermere Lake Cruises’ used-uniforms re-purposed as baby Kangaroo pouches following bush fires
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04/03/2020
Windermere Lake Cruises has donated materials being used to create hundreds of pouches designed especially for baby Kangaroos left homeless following the devastating bushfires in Australia which destroyed more than a fifth of the country’s forests.Old, worn-out staff uniforms are kept by…
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Windermere Lake Cruises maintains top ten popularity ranking
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15/08/2019
This press release was issued on 13 August 2019.New VisitEngland figures issued today, Tuesday 13 August, confirm that Windermere Lake Cruises has maintained its position as one of England’s top-ten most popular ‘paid for’ visitor attractions in the country, based on…
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Windermere Lake Cruises shortlisted for national award
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20/03/2019
Windermere Lake Cruises has been shortlisted for a major national tourism award; and one of the tourism sector’s most sought-after accolades. Now in its 15th year, the British Coach Tourism Awards (BCTAs) will announce the winners of 19 different categories on March 20 at a ceremony at…
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