Windermere Ferry

Windermere Ferry

The Windermere Ferry is a vehicular cable ferry which crosses Lake Windermere in the English county of Cumbria. The route crosses the lake at about its mid-point, from Ferry Nab in Bowness-on-Windermere to Far Sawrey. The ferry is owned by Cumbria County Council but operated on their behalf by Amey Infrastructure Services Ltd, a subsidiary of Amey plc. The current ferry boat, named "Mallard", was built in 1990 and can carry up to 18 cars.cite news | first = Nick | last = Hall | title = Chained links | work = Ships Monthly | publisher = IPC Country & Leisure Media | pages = 17-21 | date = November 2006]

The ferry service forms part of the route of the B5285.

References

External links

* [http://www.fba.org.uk/index/ferrycam.html Webcam of western terminal]



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