Lake District

Fell Foot

Lakeshore park with stunning mountain views

Newby Bridge, Windermere, Cumbria, LA12 8NN

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A lone person walking along the jetty to a misty lake Windermere at Fell Foot in the Lake District

Cafe
The Boathouse Café is open 10am - 4pm every day. Picnic tables and benches can be found outside the café. Barbeques are not permitted at Fell Foot.
Dogs
Dogs on leads welcome.
Car park
Parking is free for National Trust members. There is a parking charge for non-members (£6 for up to 2 hours, £7.50 for up to 4 hours, £9 all day). Card payments for parking can be taken by a member of the welcome team. Booking is not required.
Toilet
Accessible toilets in main car park and at the Active Base. Changing Places facility. Wheelchair accessible pathway. Mountain trike available to hire free of charge. Level access to cafe and outdoor viewing platform. Grounds partly accessible, grass and loose gravel paths, steep slopes and undulating terrain.
Fell Foot access statement 2023
Accessible toilet
Accessible toilets in main car park.
Induction loop
In the Visitor Reception hut.
Changing Places
Changing Place facility available in the boatshed next to the Boathouse Café. It requires a radar key to access. Please ask in the café if you need to borrow a radar key.
Steps/uneven terrain
Grounds are partly accessible, grass and loose gravel paths, steep slopes, undulating terrain.
Designated parking
Accessible parking available in the main car park, south car park and Active Base car park.
Wheelchairs available
Two all-terrain wheelchairs available. One is a manual push all terrain wheelchair with no power assistance and the other is an electric assist push all terrain wheelchair, which enables the pusher to tackle steeper terrain. Both wheelchairs are free of charge. Acquire on arrival with a member of staff in the main north car park.
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Directions via Google Maps
By road
If you are arriving by car, we are 1 mile north of Newby Bridge on the A592. There is a parking charge for non-members (£6 for up to 2 hours, £7.50 for up to 4 hours, £9 all day). Coach access is difficult and booking is essential.
Parking: Follow the signs to the main car park. Card payments for parking can be taken by a member of the welcome team. No need to book.
By train
Grange 6 miles; Windermere 8 miles. If you are travelling from the North West of England, hop on board the Transpennine Express Lakes Line service to Windermere Train Station. Fell Foot Park is just a short bus ride from Windermere Train Station (8 miles). Visit www.golakes.co.uk/bytrain for more information. The buses to Fell Foot depart from right outside Windermere train station - see the bus page for more information.
By bus
The number 6 bus from Windermere and Bowness-on-Windermere runs all year. The bus stop is right outside the park entrance, so why not put your feet up and take it easy? Visit www.golakes.co.uk/bybus for more information.
By bicycle
Cycle route information
By ferry
The Lakeside to Fell Foot ferry runs from 27 May to 30 September. Visit https://www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk/cruises-fares/fell-foot-ferry for more information.
Newby Bridge, Windermere, Cumbria, LA12 8NN
01539531273
fellfoot@nationaltrust.org.uk

Opening times for 1 December 2023
Asset	Opening time
Park	09:00 - 17:00
Boathouse Café	10:00 - 16:00

Fell Foot Park at the south end of Windermere, Cumbria, showing the National Trust boat hire business, tea shop and retail shop in restored boathouses built from local limestone.

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