Bowness, both ways
Fallbarrow Holiday Park is on the edge of Bowness-on-Windermere, and Parkdean puts the village seven minutes away on foot. Guests tend to park up on arrival and walk everywhere.
This edition leads with weekdays. Switch to Weekend in the header and the page reorders.
This edition leads with weekends. Switch to Midweek in the header and the page reorders.
Bowness midweek is quiet and laid-back.
A Bowness weekend has an incredible vibe.
A slow morning in townEvenings in town
Mon–Fri
Weekdays
Midweek, Bowness is quieter and laid-back.
On the water. The lake cruises leave from Bowness Pier, about seven or eight minutes’ walk from the park gate. The Red Cruise to Ambleside takes 75 minutes, the Islands Cruise is a 45-minute loop from Bowness, and the Yellow Cruise runs to Lakeside in 90 minutes, with combined tickets for the steam railway or the aquarium.
We didn’t actually use the car all weekend and just got the boat to Ambleside for a trip out.
Emma, family
The World of Beatrix Potter
About four minutes from the park gate, open every day.
Up high
Brant Fell rises straight above Bowness, about 20 minutes uphill from the park. Orrest Head, above Windermere town, is the other classic viewpoint.
Your own boards
The park has its own access to the water’s edge. Bring paddleboards or a kayak.
Further out
Blackwell, the Arts and Crafts house, is about 2.6 km away. Ambleside, Hawkshead, Grasmere, Coniston and Kendal are all within easy reach.
Fri–Mon
Weekends
Bowness has an incredible vibe on a Friday or Saturday night.
Bars and restaurants in Bowness, the first of them a few minutes’ walk from the park gate. Nobody needs to drive, and we'll send you our current recommendations before you arrive.
The caravan is for coming back to: no parties or events, and no hen, stag or similar groups.
On the park
The Willow, the bar and restaurant on the park, is about a minute from the gate and shows the big games.
Coming back
When town winds down, the caravan is a few minutes’ walk away: the fire on, three bedrooms, everyone in their own bed.
Evenings in town
On foot
From the park gate
Whichever edition you are reading, the minutes stay the same.
The walk is the same either way
- 1The Willow, the bar and restaurant on the parkmin
- 3–4The first pubs on Rayrigg Roadmin
- 4The World of Beatrix Pottermin
- 7–8Bowness Pier and the lake cruisesmin
- 20Brant Fell summit (uphill)min
- 32–35Windermere stationmin
Walking times from the park gate, all approximate. Add a minute or two from the caravan.
Getting here
By train
Windermere station is the end of the Lakes Line, which joins the West Coast Main Line at Oxenholme Lake District. Some trains run through to Manchester Airport. From the station it is about 32 minutes’ walk downhill to the park, or a bus to the Bowness Pier stop.
By car
Fallbarrow Holiday Park, Rayrigg Road, Bowness-on-Windermere LA23 3DL. Free parking at the caravan.
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Most guests arrive on a Friday or a Monday and stay three nights. Open all year.