Coniston

Entering Coniston village from Hawkshead

Coniston village lies at the foot of the Coniston fells most of which form a lovely view from the holiday flat window. The village is close to Coniston Water and, in contrast to its larger neighbour, Ambleside, Coniston is a quiet place with around 900 inhabitants. The National Trust have a Boating Centre at the lakeside with rowing and electric powered boats for hire, and the steam boat Gondola provides and elegant way of sight seeing on the water. A ferry boat service is also available with a number of landing stages which give variety when planning lakeside walks. The local fells abound with industrial archaeology with their ancient copper mines and slate quarries, and a ferry boat journey away is Brantwood, the home of John Ruskin.		Entering Coniston from Greenod
Donald Campbell’s special relationship with Coniston is to be seen in the photographs adorning the walls of the local pubs, the memorial to him in the village centre and, more recently, his gravestone in the local graveyard. The new museum, attached to the John Ruskin village institute, displays in a modern fashion the many aspects of past and present activities within the Lake District and the Coniston area. Plans are in hand to build additional space devoted to Donald Campbell and the Bluebird speed boat in which he lost his life