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Winster Woods – Windermere Ferry Crossing loop from Windermere

Winster Woods – Windermere Ferry Crossing loop from Windermere

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Winster Woods – Windermere Ferry Crossing loop from Windermere

03:07

54.5km

820m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 25, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 39.7 km for 73 m

After 51.8 km for 114 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.98 km

Lickbarrow Road

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Gets you quickly away from the traffic and people into a steep but lovely way out of Bowness.

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10.1 km

Winster Woods

Highlight • Cycleway

Lovely quiet lanes through the woods between Winster and Bowland Bridge

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14.8 km

View of Morecambe Bay from Cartmel Fell

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

The road winds its way up and down, protected by a roof of leaves, trees and ramparts. From time to time you have a view of the ridge just a few kilometers away.

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29.6 km

Wood Heads

Forest

35.1 km

View of the Newby Bridge Steam Train

Highlight • Structure

If you catch it at the right moment you might get to see the Newby Bridge steam train passing

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39.7 km

The Brows

Forest

50.0 km

Windermere Ferry Crossing

Highlight • Cycleway

£2 for a bike crossing - check the timetable before you do! Great little cut across the Lake

Tip by

50.2 km

This is the Bowness Nab ferry terminal on the east side of Windermere. The ferry takes bikes and the crossing is around 10 minutes.

For fares and times see: westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/parking-streets-and-transport/windermere-ferry

Tip by

50.2 km

Boat Ramp at Lake Windermere

Highlight • Lake

Save time and take the ferry! There is always space for foot passengers and cyclists.

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51.7 km

Bowness-on-Windermere

Highlight • Settlement

54.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.5 km

2.82 km

2.04 km

1.53 km

338 m

312 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

33.1 km

21.0 km

530 m

Elevation

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Highest point (180 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Saturday 23 May

21°C

9°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Winster Woods – Windermere Ferry Crossing loop from Windermere

Lickbarrow Road

Winster Woods

View of Morecambe Bay from Cartmel Fell

View of the Newby Bridge Steam Train

Windermere Ferry Crossing

Windermere Ferry Crossing

Boat Ramp at Lake Windermere

Bowness-on-Windermere

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