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6 unusual facts about Windermere


Broad Leys

In 1951, it was acquired by the Windermere Motor Boat Racing Club and became the home of powerboat racing on Lake Windermere, until the introduction of a 10 mph speed limit in 2005.

Mary Rundle

She then became secretary to the Managing Director of the large packaging firm Metal Box until retiring in the early 1960s to a cottage in Outgate on Windermere in the Lake District.

St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere

The benefactors at this time included the local industrialist and politician Henry Schneider.

In the churchyard is a tomb with a headstone dated 1822 inscribed to the memory of a freed slave named Rasselas Belfield, who is described as "A Native of Abyssinia".

One of the older features of the window, at the top, is the coat of arms of George Washington, whose ancestor, John Wessington, owned land at nearby Warton.

Windermere, New South Wales

William Charles Wentworth purchased the Windermere Estate from Thomas White Melville Winder in 1836.


1890 Windermere School

The 1890 Windermere School (also known as the Armstrong-Parramore House) is a historic school in Windermere, Florida, United States.

British Columbia Highway 93

Highway 93 (Kootenay Highway, Banff-Windermere Parkway), is a north-south route through the southeastern part of the province, in the Regional District of East Kootenay.

Cal Palmer Memorial Building

The Cal Palmer Memorial Building (also known as Finders Keepers) is a historic site in Windermere, Florida.

Cardinia Transit

929 Pakenham – Pakenham North via Windermere Boulevard (Daily)

Grange Fell Church, Grange-Over-Sands

Inside Windermere it is part of the parish of St. Paul Grange-over-Sands along with St Paul Parish Church in the town centre, both of which share the same vicar who is currently the Revd.

The church is part of the Diocese of Carlisle, Archdeaconry of Westmorland & Furness and the Deanery of Windermere.

John Akister

Akister was born in Brighton in England, and was educated at Staveley Public School and Windermere Grammar School in Westmorland, and Salford Technical College.

Lakeland Radio

Signals come from the Kendal transmitter next to the A684 on 100.1 MHz and from the Windermere transmitter at the side of Windermere Lake on 100.8 MHz and from Keswick Forest on 101.4 MHz The RDS name is LAKELAND.

Windermere House

The then-127-year-old Windermere House burned to the ground during the filming of The Long Kiss Goodnight in February 1996.

Windermere House, Lancaster

:For the house with the same name in Windermere, Ontario, Canada, see Windermere House

Windermere railway station

Both Stagecoach and the local council also run regular buses through the town to Bowness Pier; Stagecoach buses are open-top double-decker buses running along principal streets.


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