See It. Snap It. Send It
Text your news to 80360, start your message with KENEWS Click here for more... »
Ferry to be suspended for cable change
12:42pm Monday 12th May 2008
The Windermere Ferry service will be suspended for several hours on Wednesday, May 14th, for the annual cable change.
The ferry pulls itself along two steel cables that cross the lake bed between Ferry Nab at Bowness and Ferry House at Far Sawrey. The cables need to be changed periodically.
The morning services will stop after 9am once regular early morning ferry users have crossed the lake. There is no guarantee about how long the job will take but engineers will work as fast as possible and hope to have the ferry operating normally before 5pm.
The last ferry crossings before the service is suspended will leave Ferry Nab at 8.50am and Ferry House at 9am.
The advance signs at Plumgarths (near Kendal), Hawkshead, Sawrey, Newby Bridge and the end of the Ferry Nab Road will advise drivers of the closure whilst the service is suspended.
Your sayYourCumbria
Add your comment
Register for a FREE The Westmorland Gazette account and you can have your say on today's news and sport by adding comments on articles we publish. The best comments may even get published in the paper.
Please register now or sign in below to continue.
In this section
- What's happening in the Lakes?
- Count down to Kendal Calling
- Breaking news . . . M6 traffic disruption
- Woman missing from mental health unit
- Lakes could pilot second homes laws
- Resounding 'no' to Waterhead revamp
- Cumbrian bid for hottest curry title
- Cumbrians scoop gold at RHS Tatton
- Crackdown on 'proxy' alcohol buying
- Support group helps Fybromyalgia sufferers
What's On Live Travel YourCumbria
Hot Jobs
Local Advertisers
Local Information
Enter your postcode, town or place name
