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Windermere Jetty, Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories
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Gillian
October 10, 2021
Great cafe with views
Paul & Sally Anne
October 9, 2021
Windermere Jetty displays an internationally important collection of boats in a magnificent location overlooking Windermere lake. Visitors can learn about Windermere’s boats and the people that sailed in them. In the main exhibition gallery you can see steam launches, sailing yachts, motor boats and record-breaking speed boats. Vessels on the water in the Boathouse include Swallow and Amazon from the BBC film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s classic book. Live conservation takes place at the museum. You can see conservators restoring boats and ask them about their work. Things to do at Windermere Jetty A series of new jetties allow visitors to sail on Osprey (1902), one of the museum’s fully-restored Edwardian steam launches. The unique collection of historic steamboats and motorboats include the SL Dolly of 1850 – the oldest mechanically powered boat in the world, with its original engine still in running order. Mrs Howarth of Langdale Chase commissioned a 50 foot teak coal fired launch, ‘The Lily’, later renamed ‘Branksome’, which is now at Windermere Jetty. Branksome carried HRH Prince Philip on his tour of the lake, during his visit in 1966, and HRH Prince Charles in 1977. There is also the recently restored TSSY Esperance, the model for Captain Flint’s houseboat in Arthur Ransome‘s Swallows and Amazons. It was owned by Henry Schneider, chairman of the Barrow Steelworks, who lived at what is now the Belsfield Hotel overlooking Bowness Bay. Every morning he left home, travelling on the Esperance, on which he had breakfast on his way to Lakeside. There he would travel by train in his private carriage (he owned the railway too!) to his job in Barrow. Windermere Jetty Café The museum café overlooks the lake and has one of the most stunning views in the Lake District and Cumbria.
Windermere Jetty displays an internationally important collection of boats in a magnificent location overlooking Windermere lake. Visitors can learn about Windermere’s boats and the people that sailed in them. In the main exhibition gallery you can see steam launches, sailing yachts, motor boats an…
Stuart & Lynda Harrison
March 6, 2022
Recently rebuilt historic steam boats of Windermere
Tricia
September 30, 2020
A must of boat enthusiasts plus great views of the Lake
Sarah
May 29, 2022
Situated a short walk down Rayrigg Road, the Windermere Jetty Museum is a fantastic place to learn about some of the history of the boats on Windermere. There's also a delicious cafe with an outdoor seating area with fantastic views over the lake.
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Rayrigg Road
Bowness-on-Windermere, England