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Latest News
Winter makeover keeps iconic ‘steamer’ shipshape
Published: 31st January 2017
Crews from Windermere Lake Cruises have donned their boiler suits to give the largest ‘steamer’ ever to sail on the lake a new lease of life.
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Annual figures reveal surge in international group visitors
Published: 30th December 2016
Big results for international tourism to Windermere in 2016
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Lake District businesses head to China & South Korea
Published: 21st November 2016
Putting The English Lake District on the Asian tourist map.
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Growing trend sees Chinese tourists heading to Lakes to snap pre-wedding photos
Published: 4th November 2016
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Windermere has developed an unusual reputation as must-go place for the Chinese wedding photography.
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Windermere hire boat fleet goes all electric
Published: 19th October 2016
We say goodbye to the last petrol-driven self-drive boat
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Are these the most travelled sheep in the Lake District?
Published: 5th September 2016
Go Herdwick sheep sculptures sail staggering 10,000 miles
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Windermere Lake Cruises named as one of England’s most visited tourist attractions
Published: 13th August 2016
New figures show that we are one of the biggest paid for attractions in the UK
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Windermere Lake Cruises lends a hand in a new movie celebrating Beatrix Potter's life.
Published: 21st July 2016
A number of local businesses produce a movie to celebrate 150 years of Beatrix Potter
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Lake District’s only ‘Bike Boat’ gears up for summer holidays
Published: 20th July 2016
Bike Boat is back this Summer.
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25,000 people sign up for free Resident Passes
Published: 12th July 2016
We celebrate our 25,000th Local Resident Card customer by treating them to a free Summer Evening Buffet Cruise.
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