Lake District Tours from Windermere

Lake District tours from Windermere

Windermere is where most of our tours begin. The town grew up around its railway station, which sits at the end of the branch line from Oxenholme, so it is the easiest place in the Lake District to reach without a car, and hotels, guesthouses and the lake itself are all a short walk or taxi ride away.

Our Lake District tours range from half-day scenic drives to full days among the lakes, the mountain passes and the places linked with Beatrix Potter and William Wordsworth, all in small groups with a local guide.

What you can see in a day

Half a day is enough to see eight lakes, Castlerigg Stone Circle and Ashness Bridge, or to follow Beatrix Potter to Hill Top or Wordsworth to Dove Cottage. With a full day, the Ultimate Lake District Tour adds a cruise on Ullswater, Honister Pass and Buttermere, and in winter the Ten Lakes tour crosses four mountain passes. Our Brontë and All Creatures Great and Small tours go further, into Yorkshire.

What you'll see

• Scenic tours of eight or ten lakes, with the mountain passes between them
• Castlerigg Stone Circle, Ashness Bridge and Buttermere
• Beatrix Potter's Hill Top and Wordsworth's Dove Cottage, with entry included
• Full days into Yorkshire for the Brontës and All Creatures Great and Small

Meeting us in Windermere

We meet you outside the ticket office at Windermere railway station. If you are staying in Bowness, the station is about a mile and a half up the hill, or you can join many tours at the Bowness pickup instead.

Every tour listed on this page picks up at Windermere station.

A small group or a private tour

Our shared tours are small groups of no more than seven, priced per person, for ages 7 and up. A private tour is for your group alone, at one price for up to seven guests and with no age limit, and can collect you from your hotel in the Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Coniston, Grasmere or Keswick areas.

Lake District tours from other places

These tours also start from Bowness, Ambleside, Grasmere, Keswick, Coniston and Oxenholme. See all our Lake District tours.

Why travel with English Lakes Tours

English Lakes Tours has run small-group tours of the Lake District since 2018. Our guides hold Masters and PhD-level qualifications, and the stories they tell are researched from our own library of around 6,500 books, academic journals and local archives.

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