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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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  • Case studies
  • Interview requests
  • Press trips (for commissioned pieces only)

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25,000 students could benefit from free Residents’ Passes
Students On Boat
07/10/2015
Ahead of the new academic year, Windermere Lake Cruises is extending its popular Resident’s Pass scheme to include students from two regional universities. There are already 22,500 Residents Passes in circulation across Cumbria and North Lancashire, and now students studying at either…
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New book unveils history of four iconic lakes
Lakeland Waterways Web Image
01/09/2015
Lakeland Waterways celebrates a history of travel in the English Lake District, including Windermere, Coniston, Ullswater and Derwentwater. With a wealth of archive photography and previously unpublished research, it gives an insight into sailing on the lakes from the Romans and Vikings…
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Lake District makes its mark in VisitEngland’s Annual Attractions Survey
Visitors
06/08/2015
New figures released today, Wednesday 5 August 2015, confirm that Windermere Lake Cruises is officially one of England’s top ten ‘paid for’ visitor attractions. For 2014, it topped the table in the North West region, with sister attraction, the Lakeland Motor Museum also making the regional top…
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International film crews descend on Windermere
International Filming
05/08/2015
The wonders of Windermere will soon be beamed to millions of people across the globe, thanks to a flurry of international TV crews descending on England’s longest lake. In the last few weeks alone, broadcasters from China, Australia and Japan have been among those to jump on board…
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New ferry service from Hill of Oaks to Lakeside
Hill Of Oaks Web Banner
15/07/2015
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Explore Beatrix Potter country car free with newly extended ‘Cross Lakes Experience’
Cross Lakes Pr
Media Release 28/05/2015
Visitors can see a different side to the Lake District this summer, with the newly extended ‘Cross Lakes Experience’ – a flexible bus and boat ticket providing a unique ‘hop on, hop off’ service which spans Windermere, Coniston and the spectacular Lakeland scenery in-between. With daily…
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Cumbrian attraction sails away with national tourism award
5 River And Inland Cruise Operator Windermere Lake Cruises
24/05/2015
Windermere Lake Cruises has won a major accolade at the National Coach Tourism Awards 2015, which recognises excellence and innovation across the coach tourism industry. This year’s National Coach Tourism Awards saw 100 coach tour operators, destinations, visitor attractions and industry…
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Windermere stalwart steps down after 71 years
Allan Brockbank Web
22/05/2015
A Windermere man who has been part of the local boating industry since the 1940s is stepping down from his day-to-day involvement with Windermere Lake Cruises Ltd following more than seventy years in the trade. 86 year old Allan Brockbank started as a boat-building apprentice in January…
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Lake District’s only dedicated ‘Bike Boat’ to sail on Windermere
Bike Boat Online
Media Release 13/04/2015
The only dedicated Bike Boat service in the Lakes returns to Windermere next month, transporting passengers between Brockhole and the lake’s tranquil western shore for traffic-free family cycling. Run by Windermere Lake Cruises, the Bike Boat will be making use of the recently installed…
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Carlisle mum wins competition to have name immortalised on Windermere vessel
Rosemary 02
Media Release 10/03/2015
Ahead of Mother’s Day, this Sunday 15 March, one deserving Cumbrian mother and grandmother has been given the unique honour of having a new vessel on Windermere named after her. Rosemary Tate, age 69 from Carlisle, has had her name immortalised on one of Windermere Lake Cruises’ new…
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