Bowness-on-Windermere

Bowness-on-Windermere is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It lies next to Windermere lake and the town of Windermere to the north east and within the Lake District National Park. The town was historically part of the county of Westmorland and it also forms an urban area with Windermere. The town had a population of 3,814 in the 2011 Census.

Bowness-on-Windermere
Town
Bowness-on-Windermere town centre
Bowness-on-Windermere
Location in the former South Lakeland district
Bowness-on-Windermere
Location within Cumbria
Population3,814 
OS grid referenceSD403969
Civil parish
  • Windermere and Bowness
Unitary authority
  • Westmorland and Furness
Ceremonial county
  • Cumbria
Region
  • North West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWINDERMERE
Postcode districtLA23
Dialling code015394
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
  • Westmorland and Lonsdale
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