Guides and planning help for Windermere, written from what we found on the ground.
Stock Ghyll Force: Ambleside’s Waterfall After Rain How to walk to Stock Ghyll Force from Ambleside and from Windermere — the fifteen-minute path, the Victorian… Read more → 
Bowness-on-Windermere: Piers, Crowds and the Walk Down from Town How to use Bowness from Windermere — the mile down to the piers, the cruises and the chain ferry, Beatrix… Read more → 
Wray Castle: Grounds, Jetty and a House Closed for Refurbishment Wray Castle on Windermere’s west shore — the house is shut for refurbishment, the parkland and jetty are the… Read more → 
Parking in Windermere and Bowness: Where to Leave the Car Car parks in Windermere town and Bowness — Braithwaite Fold, Rayrigg Road, Ferry Nab, the station, motorhome… Read more → 
Windermere Lake Cruises: Routes, Boats and How to Use Them How the Windermere lake cruises work — the colour-coded routes from Bowness to Ambleside and Lakeside, the… Read more → 
Day Trips From Windermere: The Southern and Central Lakes Where to go from Windermere — Ambleside and Grasmere, Coniston and Hawkshead, Keswick and Derwentwater… Read more → 
Where to Eat and Drink in Windermere Eating in Windermere and Bowness — the fine dining the Lakes is now known for, the lakeside pubs, the… Read more → 
Beatrix Potter's Lake District: Hill Top, Hawkshead and the Farms Following Beatrix Potter around Windermere — Hill Top at Near Sawrey, the Beatrix Potter Gallery at… Read more →