Bowness and Windermere

Lake District Photography: Photos of Bowness and Windermere in the Lake District National Park of Cumbria. Aerial shots have been taken from a hot-air balloon.

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BOWNESS 01B - Aerial view of Bowness on Windermere

Aerial view of Cockshot Point and Bowness in the Lake District, Cumbria.

BOWNESS 01C - Aerial view of Bowness on Windermere

Aerial view of Bowness on Windermere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.

BOWNESS 01E - Aerial view over Bowness to the Coniston Fells

Aerial view of Bowness on Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A view over Bowness and Windermere to Esthwaite Water and the Coniston Fells. The Langdale Pikes can be seen to the right of the mountain backdrop.

BOWNESS 02A - Aerial view of Bowness Bay

Aerial view of Bowness Bay, Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.

BOWNESS 02B - Aerial view of Bowness Bay, Windermere

Aerial view of Bowness Bay, Bowness on Windermere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Early morning view of the Bay before the tourists arrive.

BOWNESS 02C - Aerial view of Bowness Bay and The Glebe

Early morning aerial view of Bowness Bay and the Glebe, Bowness on Windermere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.

BOWNESS 03A - Peaceful, autumnal morning, Bowness Bay

Peaceful autumnal morning, Bowness Bay, Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.

BOWNESS 05A - Bowness Bay, Windermere

Miss Cumbria, a passenger pleasure boat at Bowness Bay, Windermere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.

BOWNESS 07A - Misty morning aerial view

Misty morning to the south of Bowness on Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria,
Aerial view over Brant Fell from a hot-air balloon.

BOWNESS 07B - Misty morning, Brant Fell

Misty morning to the south of Bowness on Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK.
Aerial view over Brant Fell from a hot-air balloon.

BOWNESS 07E - Misty morning aerial view

Aerial view of a mist-covered lake, Bowness on Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.

BOWNESS 07F - Misty morning aerial view over Windermere to the West Coast

Aerial view over a mist-covered Windermere to Barrow In Furness and Millom on the west coast of Cumbria.

BOWNESS 08A - Windermere Marina Village

Aerial view of Windermere Marina Village, Bowness in the Lake District, Cumbria.

BOWNESS 20A - St. Martin's Church

St. Martin's Church, Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria.
Built in 1483, but greatly restored in 1870 by Paley and Austin, when the tower was heightened.
Grade 1 Listed.

WINDERMERE 01A - Orrest Head viewpoint

The view over the lake from Orrest Head, Windermere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
An early morning view over Windermere towards Coniston Old Man, Wetherlam and Crinkle Crags.

WINDERMERE 02A - Orrest Head

A view of Red Screes and the Troutbeck fells from Orrest Head, Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Early morning empty seats on Orrest Head.
This wonderful all-round viewpoint is believed to be the site of one of King Dunmail's leadership battles.

WINDERMERE 05B - Aerial view of Windermere

Aerial view over Windermere and the lake to the central and northern fells of the Lake District in Cumbria.

WINDERMERE 10A - The Windermere Ferry at Bowness

Mallard, the Windermere ferry arriving at Ferry Nab, Bowness in the Lake District, Cumbria.
There has been a ferry across the lake since the 15th century. In the early days, overcrowded rowing boats were used and the passengers were expected to row! In 1635, forty seven wedding guests from Hawkshead died when the ferry sank. .The present ferry, ‘Mallard’ was built in Wales in 1990. This diesel-powered craft takes ten minutes to drag itself across the lake on underwater cables.

WINDERMERE 11A - Sailing boats on the lake

Sailing boats on Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A northerly view of Windermere from the ferry.

WINDERMERE 12A - Sailing on windermere

Sailing on Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.

WINDERMERE 13A - Sailing boats and a hot-air balloon

Sailing boats and a hot-air balloon over Windermere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
The property release applies to the hot-air balloon only.

WINDERMERE 14A - Boat houses on Windermere

Boat houses on Windermere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.

WINDERMERE 15A - Stormy skies, Low Millerground

Stormy skies over Windermere at Low Millerground near Bowness in the Lake District, Cumbria.

WINDERMERE 15B - The lake at Low Millerground

Sailing boat on the lake, Low Millerground, Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.

WINDERMERE 15C - The jetty at Low Millerground

Low cloud on the Langdale Pikes from the private jetty on the lake at Low Millerground, Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.

WINDERMERE 16A - Morning swim, Low Millerground

Morning swim in the lake from Low Millerground, Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.

WINDERMERE 16C - Kayaker on the lake at Low Millerground

Early morning kayaker on the lake at Low Millerground, Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria,

WINDERMERE 17A - Wynlass Beck, Millerground

Wynlass Beck cascades through the autumnal woodland of Millerground to flow into Windermere at Low Millerground near Bowness in the Lake District, Cumbria.

WINDERMERE 20A - Brockhole

Brockhole, the Lake District National Park Visitor Centre near Windermere, Cumbria.
The house was built by wealthy Manchester silk merchant William Henry Aldolphus Gaddum in 1895 to a design by Dan Gibson. Local landscape gardener Thomas Mawson laid out the gardens and the estate.
Beatrix Potter was a cousin of Mrs Gaddum and a frequent visitor to Brockhole.
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WINDERMERE 30A - St Mary's Church

St. Mary's Church, Windermere, Cumbria.
Built in 1848, St,. Mary's suffered an arson attack in 1988 at the hands of a teenager who had been sleeping in the organ loft. The damage came to £400,000, but the church has been beautifully restored.