Windermere Steamboat and Museum

(See also Windermere)

The Windermere Steamboat Centre is home to a collection of 15 historic steam and motor boats in a covered setting on Lake Windermere. Included in the group of boats are the S. L. Dolly, salvaged after 67 years on a lake bed. T.S.S.Y. Esperance and S. L. Branksome give a taste of the luxurious level to which steamboats aspired. Esperance was Captain Flint's houseboat in Arthur Ransome's classic children's novel, Swallows & Amazons. Beatrix Potter's rowboat is on display.

Steam launch trips are on offer. Events are held throughout the opening months and are listed on the website.

Windermere Steamboat Centre
Located on Rayrigg Road, Windermere, LA23 1BN.
Parking available.
Tearoom, shop, picnic area.
Swallows and Amazons exhibition.

Open mid March-end Oct, 10am-5pm daily
Tel. 015394 45565
Fax. 015394 48769
Email: steamboat@insites.co.uk
Email: diana.matthews@talk21.com
Website: www.steamboat.co.uk

Photos courtesy of Julian Thurgood

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