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Bowness-on-Windermere
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Bowness-on-Windermere

Residential and holiday town in Cumbria, England. It is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Windermere, 13 km/8 mi northwest of Kendal. Bowness-on-Windermere is a centre for pleasure trips and water sports on the lake. The Windermere Steamboat Museum is nearby, and there is a regular car ferry service from Bowness-on-Windermere to Belle Isle on the lake.

St Martin's Church in Bowness was consecrated in 1486, and contains 15th-century stained glass windows from Cartmel Priory.



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