Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories
Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories is a museum on the eastern shore of Windermere between Bowness-on-Windermere and the town of Windermere in Cumbria, England. It reopened in March 2019 after 12 years' closure and redevelopment work.Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, UK
- Also known as: “Windermere Jetty Museum” and “Windermere Steamboat Museum”
- Address: Rayrigg Road, Windermere, LA23 1BN
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Martin’s Church, Bowness-on-Windermere and Church of Our Lady of Windermere and St. Herbert.
St Martin’s Church, Bowness-on-Windermere
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Martin's Church stands in the centre of the town of Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. St Martin’s Church, Bowness-on-Windermere is situated 2,400 feet south of Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories.
Church of Our Lady of Windermere and St. Herbert
Church
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of Our Lady of Windermere and St. Herbert is situated 2,500 feet east of Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories.
Belle Isle
Islet
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belle Isle is the largest of 18 islands on Windermere, a mere in the English Lake District, and the only one ever to have been inhabited. It is 1 km in length.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Cleabarrow.
Bowness-on-Windermere
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the South Lakes area of Lake District National Park. 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.
Cleabarrow
Hamlet
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cleabarrow is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It gives its name to a small tarn in the area.
Troutbeck Bridge
Village
Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Troutbeck Bridge is a village in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Troutbeck Bridge is situated 1½ miles north of Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories.
Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories
- Categories: maritime museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.37079° or 54° 22′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.92156° or 2° 55′ 18″ westOperator
Lakeland ArtsOpen location code
9C6V93CH+89OpenStreetMap ID
way 409082216OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q8024129
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“Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories” goes by many names.
- Swedish: “Windermere Jetty:Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories”
- Swedish: “Windermere Jetty”
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Highlights include Model Boat Pond and Dawes Meadow.
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