Bowness-on-Windermere

Bowness-on-Windermere
Town
Bowness-on-Windermere town centre
Bowness-on-Windermere is located in the former South Lakeland district
Bowness-on-Windermere
Bowness-on-Windermere
Location in the former South Lakeland district
Bowness-on-Windermere is located in Cumbria
Bowness-on-Windermere
Bowness-on-Windermere
Location within Cumbria
Population3,814 
OS grid referenceSD403969
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
  • Cumbria
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWINDERMERE
Postcode districtLA23
Dialling code015394
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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54°21′52″N 2°55′05″W / 54.3644°N 2.9181°W / 54.3644; -2.9181
Looking northwards over 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 Lake Windermere 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.