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Bowness-on-Windermere

Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the of . It sits on the shore of Windermere lake within the boundaries of the historic County of Westmorland. In 2011, it had about 3,800 permanent residents.
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  • Type: Town with 3,810 residents
  • Description: town in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England
  • Also known as: “Bowness on Windermere”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Belle Isle and Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories.

Islet
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the largest of 18 islands on , a mere in the English , and the only one ever to have been inhabited. It is 1 km in length.

Museum
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a museum on the eastern shore of between Bowness-on-Windermere and the town of in , England. It reopened in March 2019 after 12 years' closure and redevelopment work.

Library
Photo: edward mcmaihin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windermere and Cleabarrow.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town of 4,800 people in . Tourism is popular in the town, owing to its proximity to the lake and local scenery. Boats from the piers in Bowness sail around the lake, many calling at Ambleside or at Lakeside where there is a restored railway.

Hamlet
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , England. It gives its name to a small tarn in the area.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the district of the ceremonial county of , England.

Bowness-on-Windermere

Latitude
54.3647° or 54° 21′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.9196° or 2° 55′ 10″ west
Population
3,810
Elevation
233 feet (71 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WDM
Open location code
9C6V937J+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29541260
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2655049
Wiki­data ID
Q895483
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Bowness-on-Windermere” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Basque: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Bavarian: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Catalan: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Cebuano: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Chinese: “波尼斯-温德米尔”
  • Chinese: “波尼斯”
  • Chinese: “鮑內斯”
  • Chinese: “鲍内斯”
  • Dutch: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • French: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • German: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Irish: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Italian: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Japanese: “バウネス＝オン＝ウィンダミア”
  • Ladin: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Persian: “بونس آن ویندرمیر”
  • Polish: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Spanish: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Swedish: “Bowness-on-Windermere”
  • Welsh: “Bowness-on-Windermere”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bowness-on-Windermere”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.