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Windermere in Summer

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Onlyforaday · 22/03/2025 18:58

I'm guessing it'll be extremely busy. Would you avoid it like the plague or could we enjoy a short break in July/August? Travelling as a couple and staying in Bowness.

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TheMildManneredMilitant · 22/03/2025 19:47

Does it have to be Bowness? Somewhere like Keswick would still be busy but much nicer and easier to get around. Bowness is the only place in the Lakes I don't like.

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Onlyforaday · 22/03/2025 19:44

Blossomtoes, no offence taken. It just got me wishing things were different Smile

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TheCumbrian · 22/03/2025 19:21

Windermere itself is tiny and very attached to Bowness. You can't really avoid it if you are in Bowness. They are basically an extension of each other.

BIossomtoes · 22/03/2025 19:20

Onlyforaday · 22/03/2025 19:18

Thank you all so much. It's a no then! Blossomtoes we have no choice as to timings this year.

Sorry, that sounds much ruder than I intended.

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Onlyforaday · 22/03/2025 19:18

Thank you all so much. It's a no then! Blossomtoes we have no choice as to timings this year.

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notacooldad · 22/03/2025 19:14

I live about an hour or so from Windermere.
I love going but only in school term time. and on a week day. I know where I like to park and the good spots to start my walks.
I would rarely do the north, east and southern lakes at peak times.

Purpleberet · 22/03/2025 19:13

Oh avoid x1000
theres so many nice places to go in the lakes but Windermere in the summer is far too busy to be enjoyable

Staringatthestars · 22/03/2025 19:10

Live nearby.

Don't. Just dont. Think awful traffic jams, heaving streets, boats full, car parks full.

UtterlyOtterly · 22/03/2025 19:06

It will be hellish, sorry.

Twittable · 22/03/2025 19:03

It’s been a while since we’ve been (about 6 years) but have never really found it busy apart from obvious arrival/departure days. We have been several times in school holidays and would do again (poorly dog is the reason we haven’t been back yet - she couldn’t do the walks or be left in the lodge)

BIossomtoes · 22/03/2025 19:03

Avoid like the plague. Anyone without children who goes on holiday during the school holidays needs their head examining.

Arran2024 · 22/03/2025 19:02

It will be fine as long as you aren't planning on driving towards Ambleside and Grassmere as the traffic jams are awful. Take the boat.