Lakeside is a small settlement at the south end of
Windermere,
England. Now in the English county of
Cumbria, before county reorganisation of 1974 it was in
Lancashire, as part of the region known as
Furness. It was established as a steamer pier for services along the lake when the Lakeside branch of the
Furness Railway reached it in 1869, meaning that steamer services no longer had to negotiate the
River Leven to
Newby Bridge. Also built at Lakeside was a hotel to serve the tourists brought by the railway and steamers.