is a
Town in
Cumbria ,
England , lying about one
Kilometre away from
The Lake Of The Same Name . Although Windermere confusingly does not touch the lake, it has now grown together with the older lakeside town of
Bowness-on-Windermere , though the two retain distinguishable town centres. There are a number of
Museum s, but the main draw for its many
Tourist s is the
Lake . Boats from the
Pier s in Bowness (about a fifteen-minute walk from the top of Windermere town) sail around the lake, many calling at
Ambleside or at
Lakeside where there is a restored railway.
Windermere town was known as Birthwaite prior to the arrival of the
Kendal And Windermere Railway , which stimulated its development.
Windermere Station offers
Train and
Bus connections to the surrounding area,
Manchester ,
Manchester Airport , and the
West Coast Main Line .
Windermere was from 1894 to 1974 governed by an
Urban District council which in 1905 absorbed the former Bowness-on-Windermere UDC although Bowness remained a separate
Civil Parish until 1974. Windermere UDC had slight boundary changes in 1934 and was abolished by the
Local Government Act 1972 replacing it with
South Lakeland District Council.
