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PAGE 100:-
Near Bownes, are eminences of various degrees of elevation;
where, according to the taste of the party, the views may be
taken either from a higher or a lower station; and from the road
between Bowness and Low Wood, the mountains of Coniston and
Langdale. with Scawfell Pikes, Great End, and Gable, appear in a
most splendid arrangement.
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Windermere to Coniston
Coniston to Ambleside
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BOWNESS TO ESTHWAITE WATER AND CONISTON.
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| Miles. | | Miles. |
| 2 | Cross
Windermere to Ferry House | 2 |
| 4 | By
Esthwaite Water to Hawkshead | 6 |
| 3 | Coniston Water Head | 9 |
| 3 | Borwick Ground | 12 |
| 5 | Ambleside | 17 |
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Windermere Ferry
Station, The
Coniston Water
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Coniston lake and its environs may be visited from Bowness, first
crossing the Ferry on Windermere, and passing beneath the
station, which is built upon a rock, tastefully ornamented
with evergreens and flowering shrubs, and may be visited by the
way. Ascending a long steep hill, there is a prospect across the
lake, and a view of the distant summit of Ingleborough. At the
top of the hill, there is a prospect of the Coniston mountains,
and a mile further on, Bowfell and Langdale Pikes appear in
magnificent array. There are some neat houses in the hamlet of
Sawrey, and Mr. Beck has a beautiful seat at Grove on the other
side of Esthwaite Water. Here are sweet views over the expanded
valley in which the town of Hawkshead is
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-- "Bowness" -- Bowness-on-Windermere
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-- Grove
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-- (road, Windermere to Coniston)
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-- Station, The
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