Museum · Bowness-on-Windermere · Cumbria

Windermere Jetty

Windermere Jetty is a museum in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. There are 46 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Hill Top (3.8 km). Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 3 languages.

Photo: Windermere Jetty, Chris Allen (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Bowness-on-Windermere

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Bowness-on-Windermere

Inside Bowness-on-Windermere

Windermere Jetty is inside Bowness-on-Windermere’s built-up area, with 12 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Expect highs of 18–20°C in Bowness-on-Windermere from June to August.

Jan7° / 1°194 mm

Feb7° / 2°150 mm

Mar9° / 3°132 mm

Apr12° / 4°86 mm

May16° / 7°89 mm

Jun18° / 9°95 mm

Jul20° / 11°114 mm

Aug19° / 11°136 mm

Sep17° / 9°138 mm

Oct13° / 7°178 mm

Nov10° / 4°182 mm

Dec7° / 1°204 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Bowness-on-Windermere, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Bowness-on-Windermere. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Bowness-on-Windermere’s full climate →

About

Windermere Jetty

Museum in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, UK.

In Bowness-on-Windermere, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Bowness-on-Windermere
Official site: windermerejetty.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Mapping Windermere Jetty

The orange dot is Windermere Jetty; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns close to Windermere Jetty

Home to 4,819 people, Windermere is the largest of these 4. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Bowness-on-Windermere

2,290 people · 13 places to visit

2 · 300 m northeast of it

Windermere

4,819 people · 17 places to visit

3 · 4.7 km west of it

Hawkshead

261 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 7.3 km north of it

Ambleside

2,624 people · 15 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Windermere Jetty is	People	Places to visit
Bowness-on-Windermere	It’s in town	2,290	13
Windermere	300 m northeast of it	4,819	17
Hawkshead	4.7 km west of it	261	14
Ambleside	7.3 km north of it	2,624	15

Make a day of it

After Windermere Jetty

Within 15 km are 46 places, among them 3 historic houses, 3 castles and 2 gardens.

Historic house · National TrustHill Top3.8 km away 2

Castle · National TrustWray Castle4.3 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustTownend4.7 km away 4

Castle · National TrustSizergh Castle14 km away 5

GardenHolehird Gardens3.3 km away 6

CastleKendal Castle13 km away 7

Historic houseRydal Mount9.5 km away 8

Garden · National TrustStag Shaw Gardens5.7 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Windermere Jetty, answered

Where is Windermere Jetty?

Windermere Jetty is in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Windermere Jetty?

Museum in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, UK.

When is the best time to visit Windermere Jetty?

June to August are the warmest months in Bowness-on-Windermere, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Windermere Jetty?

Within 15 km: Hill Top (3.8 km), Wray Castle (4.3 km), Townend (4.7 km) and Sizergh Castle (14 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Windermere Jetty: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hill Top: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wray Castle: CellsDeDells, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Townend: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sizergh Castle: Ian Knox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Holehird Gardens: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kendal Castle: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rydal Mount: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stag Shaw Gardens: Ben Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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