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The parish was formed on 1 April 1974 from the previous parishes of Windermere and Bowness on Windermere [5] as a successor parish to Windermere Urban District and became part of South Lakeland district. [6] On 29 July 2020 the merged parish was renamed from "Windermere" to "Windermere and Bowness". [7]
Bowness-on-Windermere is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It lies next to Lake Windermere and the town of Windermere to the north east and within the Lake District National Park .
The town lies about half a mile (1 km) east of the lake, Windermere, from which it takes its name. [2] In 2021 it had a population of 4,826. [3] While Windermere town does not itself touch the lake, it forms one urban area with the older town of Bowness-on-Windermere, which is directly on the lake shore.
The original Windermere Steamboat Museum had a collection of a number of historically important steamboats, motor boats, yachts, and other important craft. This included the oldest mechanically powered boat in the world, SL Dolly (c.1850), and some of the finest steam launches from Windermere's long history of steam.
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The headquarters of Windermere Lake Cruises is near the ferry pier at Bowness-on-Windermere, whilst the boats are maintained on a slipway at Lakeside and a dry dock at Waterhead. The fleet of 17 passenger carrying vessels comprises four larger ships, usually referred to as steamers although all are now diesel/ diesel electric powered, and a ...
It is situated on the shore of Lake Windermere, roughly equidistant between the towns of Bowness-on-Windermere and Ambleside. It includes the Brockhole house and 30 acres (12 ha) of grounds, including 10 acres (4.0 ha) of formal gardens and an adventure playground .
The Windermere Way is a 45-mile circuit of Windermere, a lake in the English Lake District. The route is wholly within the Lake District National Park and takes in the summits of Wansfell , Loughrigg Fell and Gummer's How as well as passing through the towns of Ambleside and Windermere .