Windermere Lake Cruises laid up since 1981. The headquarters of Windermere Lake Cruises is near the ferry pier at Bowness-on-Windermere, whilst the boats are maintained on a slipway at Lakeside. The fleet comprises three larger ships, usually referred to as steamers although all are now diesel powered, and a number of smaller launches. They operate a number of services, including: Windermere Lake Cruises Windermere Lake Cruises is a boat company which provides leisure trips on Lake Windermere in the central part of the English Lake District. It is based in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. Windermere is the largest natural lake in England, and has supported
Natural England It has been severely criticised recently by badger protection lobbyists for allegedly ignoring scientific data and granting extended badger cull licences to DEFRA. Natural England's latest corporate plan sets out its goals and detailed objectives. It is responsible for the delivery of some of Defra's public service agreements (e.g. reversing the long-term decline in the number of farmland birds by 2020 and improving public access to the countryside). Natural England takes its finance, human resources and estates services from the Defra Shared Services organisation. Information technology services are outsourced to IBM. Natural England was established on 1 October 2006 by