News, Views, Reviews, Photos

Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway

ByKevin Simon

Nov 18, 2011

We Recently went on a trip to Lakeside & Haverthwaite railway which is near Ulverston in Cumbria. Price wise for just the train from lakeside to Haverthwaite is £6.20 adults, £3.10 Children or Family Ticket £16.50 (2 adults + 3 Children) these prices are return fair on the train. Though because the Station at Lakeside is by the Lakes Aquarium you can get a joint ticket for the railway and aquarium this costs £34.80 But before we went on holiday I had found a discount ticket online which was half price, though I had to buy in advance from this website HERE. To see the info on the Aquarium read my article HERE.

We was at the lakeside station, parking was £3.50 for over 3hrs parking, while we was waiting for the train to depart, there is a coffee shop so can get hot drink, cakes etc. we walked down the platform a bit, the view from the lakeside harbour is a great view. Below is a panoramic view of the lakeside harbour of windermere.

The train departs about every 40mins, the train journey between the main two station takes about 15mins, between the stop there is a stop at Bowness on Windermere for the Lakeland motor museum though on this trip we didn’t visit the museum. The station at Haverthwaite is a very nice station, there is a café, also while we was there as nearly Halloween there was activities for the children.

There is a the rail shed with different vehicles and old locomotives, this would be a great place for anyone interested in trains or railways as some well restored vehicles, again as it was nearly Halloween this was decorated with ghost, pumpkins etc. outside was a railway cart that you could go into, this was like a ghost train for Halloween, the kids did like it though one of them didn’t want to go in as a bit scared.

We then returned to the Lakeside station, the train journey was a nice trip, though the day we was there it was a bit murky and foggy so couldn’t see that much out of the windows. I would recommend going on the train and if you get the joint tickets for the aquarium is great value. I’m not a real rail or train enthusiast but seeing and going on a stream train was a great experience. As-well as the train journey you can get from lakeside all different boat trips. To visit the official website for opening times and upto date prices goto HERE.

[pe2-gallery album=”http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/104871678321968501168/albumid/5676036083483848161?alt=rss&hl=en_US&kind=photo” ]

By Kevin Simon

I run this blog & also self employed cleaning out fish ponds, but due to spinal problems not able to do as much, now started a youtube channel showing my converted Peugeot Partner micro camper also as interest in photography so now vlog about the trips and of course Lego figures out in the wild photos.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *