Loading ...Windermere And Bowness
Framed by fells and encircled by a wooded shoreline, Lake Windermere is the largest natural lake in England, stretching in a silvery north–south line all the way from Ambleside to Newby Bridge for a distance of some 10½ miles. Ever since the arrival of the steam railway in 1847 – something that was passionately opposed by William Wordsworth – Windermere has served as the main gateway to the Lake District, and it remains one of the region’s busiest spots. The town itself is split into two main areas – Windermere town, 1½ miles uphill from the lake, and Bowness-on-Windermere, from where cruise boats have been chugging across the waters of the lake since the early 19th century.
