The Lancaster and Morecambe area is widely regarded as the 'Gateway to the Lakes'. One of Britain's most beautiful regions, the South Lakes can easily be reached from the Lancaster area, by train, bus or car.

Bowness-on-Windermere is a tourist town, much of it dating from Victorian times, on the shore of Lake Windermere. The town developed after the opening of the railway line from Oxenholme and Kendal to Windermere in 1847. Bowness was the nearest accessible point on the lake.
The town is apparently quite popular for weddings and steamers operate across the lake from here.

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Bowness-on-Windermere Tourist Information Centre
Glebe Road
Bowness-on-Windermere
Cumbria
LA23 3HJ
Tel: +44 (0) 15394 42895
Fax: +44 (0) 15394 88005
E-Mail:

WEB GUIDES
Bowness on the Visit Cumbria Site

Bowness.tv

ATTRACTIONS
The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
Haverthwaite Station, Nr Ulverston, LA12 8AL.
Tel 015395 31594

St Martin's Church
Bowness

The Steam Boat Centre
Rayrigg Rd, Bowness, Windermere, LA23 1BN.
Tel 015394 45565
Email:
A unique and historic collection of Steam and Motor Boats