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LakeDistrict
Excursion
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Excursions PickupTime
Pickupatthecentre:
OutsidetheCollege-time:8,30
Dropoffatthecentre:
OutsidetheCollege-time:18,30
DropOffPointatDestination:
Gresmere(subjecttochange)-time:11,00
PickupPointatDestination:
Gresmere(subjecttochange)-time:12,30
DropOffPointatDestination:
Bowness-on-Windermere(subjecttochange)-time:12,50
PickupPointatDestination:
Bowness-on-Windermere(subjecttochange)-time:15,45
Campus:
Chester
Trasportation:
Bowness-on-
Windermere
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Bowness is a town in South
Lakeland, Cumbria, England.
Due to its position on the banks
of Windermere, the town has
become a tourist honeypot. Al-
though their mutual growth has
caused them to become one
large settlement, the town is
distinct from the town of Wind-
ermere as the two still have
distinguishable town centres.
Bowness-on-Windermere is a
sprawling tourist town on the
shore of Windermere, about half-
way along the 12 mile lenght of
the lake betweenWaterhead and
the North end, and Lakeside at
the South end.
Belsfield Hotel
Overlooking Bowness Bay, was
once home to Henry Schneider,
charmain of the Barrow Steel-
works.
St. Martin’s Church
It is the parish Church of Bow-
ness,and itwas built in 1483,with
various alterations, including the
restoration of 1870, when the
Church was enlarged. It is proba-
bly the most interesting building
in Bowness, and it is worth look-
ing aside. The area behind the
church is the oldest part of Bow-
ness, a delightful web of narrow
streets known as Lowside, which
gives an idea of what the village
was like before the arrival of the
railway. The village of Winder-
mere grew around the railway
station, about a mile and a half
from the lake.
Orrest Head
A short walk from Windermere
takes you to Orrest Head, an out-
standing viewpoint. It was the
first ‘summit’ in Lakeland visited
by A. Wainwright, author of the
famous guidebooks, in 1930.
Private Bus
191
Entrances not included.