Lake District recommendations

[Polarbears1]

Hi all

I've booked an overnight stay in Windermere next week. I don't have a car and it looked the easiest to get to by train albeit somewhere more rural would have been preferred.

Can anyone recommend things to do in Windermere - good walks from the centre. Likely to have a dog with me too.

Also hoping to make it a reasonably cheap trip - breakfast is sorted in the hotel but was thinking of a chippy for tea rather than restaurant meal so hoping to find some picnic benches near the lake to enjoy

All suggestions welcome! x

Windermere's not on the lake but you can walk down to Bowness, it's about a mile or so.

Brant Fell is a very accessible walk on foot without a car, it's between Bowness and Windermere. It's just a small hill but has nice views. Similar Orrest Head is a very small hill in Windermere but has great views from the top and you can carry on walking from there to Troutbeck which is a nice village.

The car ferry burnt down in the summer but foot passengers can still get a boat across from Bowness to the other side of the lake and you can explore the woods on that side of the lake which are nice.

There's a nice chippie in Windermere just off the main street.

Have fun!

Thank you so much that's really helpful and I'll do just that with recommendations

I think you can get a bus to Brockhole visitor center, great day out and dog friendly.

The buses in the lakes are pretty good, worth looking into that too. Have a lovely time!

Haverthwaite steam railway is fun, walkable from Bowness (I assume that’s where you’re staying when you say ‘Windermere’?)

Porto restaurant is lovely there!

Sorry re read and you don't want a restaurant. Really is lovely though if my one else is looking ha ha! Hope you have a nice trip 😁

When i go to Bowness I like to go to Driftwood Fish and Chips on Glebe Road then sit on a bench by the lake just a few meters away