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Places to Visit around Windermere

Villages, towns and countryside within easy reach of Windermere — each with its own character and a reason to make the trip.

Windermere town centre Bowness-on-WindermereNear and Far SawreyTroutbeck BridgeHawksheadSatterthwaiteStaveleyAmblesideConistonKentmereBurnesideGrasmere (village)Kendal 5 km N © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)
Distances are true to scale; the square marks the town centre.

The Villages and Towns

Each one, and why it is worth the trip.

12.7 km from Windermere Kendal Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and…
7 km from Windermere Ambleside Ambleside is a town in the civil parish of Lakes and the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria…
0.9 km from Windermere Bowness-on-Windermere Bowness-on-Windermere is a town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England beside Windermere, the largest…
4.8 km from Windermere Hawkshead Hawkshead is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.
8.5 km from Windermere Kentmere Kentmere is a valley, village and civil parish in the Lake District National Park, a few miles from Kendal in…
9.6 km from Windermere Coniston Coniston is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.
7 km from Windermere Staveley Staveley (grid reference SD469981) is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in Cumbria…
8.1 km from Windermere Satterthwaite Satterthwaite is a small village (and civil parish) with around 50 dwellings situated in Grizedale, a valley…

Things to Do in Windermere

Tours, tickets and days out — 61 bookable experiences, from guided walks to full-day trips beyond Windermere.

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