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Annual Pass

12 months of unlimited travel on all of our routes

A year full of boat travel on one easy-to-carry card

If you travel regularly with us then it makes sense to buy an Annual Pass. Your special pass gets you unlimited travel on every route except our Summer Evening Buffet Cruise and is great value working out £1.73 a day (43p a day for locals).

💳The plastic card is wallet size and personalised for you, we just need a recent photo for the back of it.

A sample card superimposed over a steamer on Lake Windermere

Perfect for commuting, pleasure or just travelling without a car, your annual pass is valid on all routes, all year round:

  • Red Cruise (Bowness → Brockhole → Ambleside → Bowness) With stops at Windermere Jetty Museum in the summer. ALL YEAR.
  • Yellow Cruise (Bowness ↔ Lakeside). ALL YEAR.
  • Green Cruise (Ambleside → Wray Castle → Brockhole → Ambleside). PEAK SEASON ONLY
  • Islands (Blue) Cruise (Bowness ↺). ALL YEAR
  • Full lake (Red & Yellow combined) PEAK SEASON ONLY

The pass is valid for 12 months from purchase and we sail every day except Christmas Day.

4 seasons depicted through  images of the boats


How to buy

☎️ Please call us on 015394 43360 to purchase your annual card. We will need some information so that we can re-issue if your card is lost.

Additional Information

  • LA/CA Postcode? You can purchase a Annual Pass with a local resident discount - Adults £158, Child £79.00, Family £430.00
  • Card must be presented at any ticket office to receive a boarding pass for the day of travel
  • Lost card? Don't worry, we can re-issue any time within the 12 month period
MV Swift on Windermere

MV Swift on Windermere

Travel all year round on a great value Annual Pass

Service Status

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Service Status

🔴 RED CRUISE Bowness → Brockhole → Ambleside Waterhead → Bowness
✔️ Services OK
🟡 YELLOW CRUISE
Bowness ↔ Lakeside

✔️ Services OK

🔵 ISLANDS CRUISE

Bowness → Windermere Jetty (Museum) → Bowness

✔️ Services OK
🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE from Bowness
Bowness Beach / Bowness Dock ↻

✔️ Services OK

🚤 MOTOR BOAT HIRE from WaterheadWaterhead (near Ambleside) ↻

✔️ Services OK

🟤 YELLOW CRUISE & STEAM TRAINHaverthwaite ↔ Lakeside ↔ Bowness✔️ Open for Half-Term
🟢 GREEN CRUISEAmbleside → Wray Castle → Brockhole → Ambleside
❌ Opens on 1 April
🚶 WALKERS TICKETBowness → Brockhole → Wray Castle → Walk ↻
❌ Opens on 1 April
🚣 ROW BOAT HIRE from BownessBowness Beach / Bowness Dock ↻❌ Opens on 1 April
🚣 ROW BOAT HIRE from WaterheadWaterhead (near Ambleside) ↻❌ Opens on 1 April

CROSS LAKES SHUTTLE

Bowness ↔ Ferry House❌ Closed for winter
FELL FOOT FERRYLakeside ↔ Fell Foot
❌ Closed for winter

🕑: We are now running to our winter timetable. More routes and services available after Easter 2023 📄: Download timetable in PDF (1.5Mb)

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