National Trust - Steam Yacht Gondola

Best way to see the Lake

The best way to see Coniston Lake. Helpful and knowledgeable staff. Well worth the money and a relaxing cruise. Even on a wet day you still get to see everything.

Brilliant visit.

Gondola a vessel of character and history. Gentle tour of the lake with interesting commentary from Mike. Engineer, Paul, very knowledgeable and willing to answer numerous questions - thank you. The ...

There is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.

We spent an enormously enjoyable afternoon on the SY Gondola, on a cold, wet and very windy day. We had first visited Gondola many years ago when our two boys were young (so young they had forgotten t...

Relaxing once onboard.

Boarding was farcical. We stood on the jetty for a dogs age, whilst non existent storm Agnes decided to rear her ugly head and blow us into the lake. We were the best part of 10 minutes late, starting...

Engineer for the day.. a day to remember for a Long time

The steam launch hosts “engineer for a day” for one person as an experience of the steam launch, on lake Coniston. I did it and am still smiling a week later. For anyone interested in steam it’s a fa...