Boat hire
Boats can be hired from Waterhead, Low Wood, Bowness, Brockhole – The Lake District Visitor Centre and Fell Foot Park. These vary from rowing boats to sailing boats or self-drive motor boats.
Cruises
Take to the water to truly experience Windermere. The many different options and tickets allow you to hop off, walk back or just sit back and watch the mountains, woodlands and islands unfold before you.
Canoeing
Fishing
Windermere has arctic charr, brown trout, pike, perch, roach and eels, salmon and sea trout.
Sailing
Follow in the footsteps, or rather wake, of Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” and take up dinghy sailing! These places offer courses:
For keeled yachts:
Sailing Clubs
Waterskiing and Powerboating
Ferry
A car ferry links Ferry Nab on the eastern shore of Windermere with Ferry House, Far Sawrey on the west.
Details
Category: Tourist Attraction
Address: Bowness-on-Windermere, LA23 3JQ
Web Address: https://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/home