The Jetty Museum, Bowness-on-Windermere
Posted in Museums, Trips at 12:00 on 5 February 2026
The Jetty Museum, Windermere, like Blackwell, is run by Lakeland Arts. It covers the hostory of boating on the lake over 2oo years.
We found the contents very interesting, the experience better than we had expected.
The most imposing exhibit when you enter the main part of the museum is the motor launch, Branksome, whose rear is the first bit you encounter:-
Prow of Branksome:-
Tea setting inside Branksome:-
There is also a model of Branksome in a glass case beside a photograph of a hydroplane on the lake:-
Speedboats on wall behind Branksome:-
Glider and speedboat:-
Hanging on the wall just by the entrance door (and seen behind Branksome’s funnel in photo 3 above) is Beatrix Potter’s Rowing Boat:-
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