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Bowness-on-Windermere,
the most popular lake-side resort in the Lake District, lies
about half way along Lake Windermere. The town grew up after
the opening of the railway from Oxenholme and Kendal to Windermere
in 1847.
A short
walk from Lake Windermere is Orrest Head, a superb viewpoint,
made popular by Wordsworth. This was the first summit visited
by Alfred Wainwright, author of the famous Pictorial Guides
to the Lakeland Fells, in 1930.
The
World of Beatrix Potter, housed in the Old Laundry, is a very
popular family attraction in the town.
To visit
Beatrix Potter's Hill
Top Farm, south of neighbouring Esthwaite Water, and the
area around Hawkshead can take a short cut across Windermere
using the car ferry from Ferry Nab, Bowness to Ferry House
at Far Sawrey.
The modern
ferry, which operates on cables that run under the lake, leaves
every half hour. Windermere is popular for sailing, canoeing,
windsurfing and water skiing.
Steamers
and launches also operate the full length of the lake calling
at Bowness, Waterhead and Lakeside. Lakeside Station, at
the southern end of the lake, was built in 1869 as the terminus
of the Furness Railway.
Today
visitors can take a trip to Haverthwaite on the Lakeside and
Haverthwaite Railway. Lakeside Pier, beside the station,
houses the Aquarium of the Lakes. This attraction has over
30 displays illustrating the creatures living in and alongside
the magnificent freshwater lake.
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