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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
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  • Press trips (for commissioned pieces only)

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Windermere Lake Cruises deliver snacks and drinks to Lancaster’s Intensive Care Unit
WLC NHS Drinks
Media Release 23/04/2020
Windermere Lake Cruises is donating food and drink from our vessels and pier cafes to Morecambe Bay’s hospitals, as a gesture of goodwill to the frontline NHS key workers working to keep local people safe.In-line with government instructions not to operate due to the Coronavirus crisis,…
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Huge rise in webcam hits confirms Windermere remains high on getaway wish-lists
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21/04/2020
Views of Windermere Lake Cruises’ three webcams have risen by 33% over the last four weeks, when compared to the figures for the same period last year.The attraction’s three webcams have generated nearly 65,000 hits since March 23, when all services were suspended in response to the…
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Windermere Lake Cruises nominated in the Group Travel Awards
MV Swan
30/03/2020
Windermere Lake Cruises has been nominated for a prestigious group travel award – a timely boost for morale across the whole tourism sector around the lake.The attraction has made the shortlist for the ‘Best Canal or Riverboat Operator for Groups’ category, at The Group Travel Awards,…
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Windermere Lake Cruises boss shortlisted for ‘Director of the Year’ award
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11/03/2020
Windermere Lake Cruises' Sales & Marketing Director has been selected as a finalist in the ‘IoD North West & Isle of Man Director of the Year Awards 2020’ for her work as a Director of Cumbria Tourism, the county's official Destination Management Organisation (DMO).Jennifer…
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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 donates lost spectacles to overseas charity
Windermere Lake Cruises handing over glasses
23/12/2019
Windermere Lake Cruises has donated hundreds of pairs of lost spectacles to charity, after nobody came forward to claim them.Being one of England’s top five most popular ‘paid-for’ attractions according to official figures from VisitEngland, the team is no stranger to lost property -…
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Windermere Lake Cruises’ new boat MV Swift launches onto Windermere
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11/12/2019
Windermere Lake Cruises’ brand-new 300-seat passenger boat MV ‘Swift’ has today taken to the water for the first time. The vessel will now be fitted out before being handed over after Easter 2020 for crew training to commence.The multi-million pound vessel is expected to be in service…
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Windermere Lake Cruises launches seasonal timetable
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20/11/2019
Windermere Lake Cruises’ seasonal timetable for the remainder of 2019 and well into 2020 has been published this month, with services continuing right throughout the autumn, winter and spring on three of the lake’s most popular…
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Windermere Lake Cruises teams-up with British Heart Foundation for ‘Kind Cumbria Day’
WLC uniform
13/11/2019
Windermere Lake Cruises is marking ‘Kind Cumbria Day’ by donating end-of-season, worn-out staff uniforms to the British Heart Foundation to be sold on as novelty cleaning rags – and avoiding landfill.November 13 is ‘World Kindness Day’, designed to encourage people to inspire others…
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Windermere Lake Cruises to showcase on 40th anniversary of London’s prestigious World Travel Market
Jennifer Cormack and James Ventham at Londons World Travel Market CROP
28/10/2019
Windermere Lake Cruises will be among almost 5,000 exhibitors at a major international travel trade event in November as the attraction and its partners showcase the area’s visitor offering to tourism industry officials and businesses from across the world.England’s fifth most popular…
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