Boat Services in Westmorland

This page is intended to give a flavour of the water borne public transport options that are available within the CAMRA Westmorland Branch in order to visit our pubs. As a rural area, public transport can be sparse and infrequent, and for many small villages in our area nonexistent.

The information is intended as a guide only, please refer to the appropriate sources of information before setting out as we cannot guarantee the information is up to date.

CAMRA Westmorland Branch firmly believes you should not drink and drive.

Boat Services

There are two lakes on the edge of the branch with a boat service on them, although this is more expensive than by bus.

Windermere

Lakeside*-Bowness on Windermere-Waterhead(Ambleside)

Boats plying the length of the largest lake in England. There are intermediate stops at Ferry House, Brockhole and Wray, though these are normal only visted on round trips.

Lakeside can be reached via the steam railway from Haverthwaite, which in turn is on the X35 bus route.

The Ambleside pier is at Waterhead, about a mile south of the centre, though all the Windermere to Ambleside buses stop here.

Details at http://www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk/

Ullswater

Pooley Bridge-Howtown-Glenridding

Boats plying the length of the second largest lake in England. Both Pooley Bridge and Glenridding are on bus route 108 and a combination ticket is available.

Details at http://www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk/index.shtml.