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Lake
Coniston Water
Glacial lake about five miles long with the Coniston Fells above its western shore.
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Coniston & Hawkshead: things to do
Places worth your time in Coniston & Hawkshead
Top places
Things to do in Coniston & Hawkshead
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Fell
Old Man of Coniston
Fell west of Coniston village, at least 802 metres high and the highest point of historic Lancashire.
Museum
Ruskin Museum
Village museum telling the story of Coniston, including Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 on the lake.
Historic house
Brantwood
John Ruskin's home overlooking Coniston Water, now a museum and gallery run by a charitable trust.
Boat trips
Steam Yacht Gondola
Rebuilt Victorian steam yacht, launched in 1859 and run by the National Trust on Coniston Water.
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Boat hire
Coniston Boating Centre
Lake Road base for hiring motorboats, canoes and kayaks, and the departure point for the Coniston Launch.
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Tarn
Tarn Hows
Tarn about two miles from Coniston and one and a half from Hawkshead, managed by the National Trust.
Museum
Hawkshead Grammar School
School founded in 1585 where William Wordsworth was a pupil, now a museum in the village.
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Bookshop
Tabitha Twitchit's Bookshop
National Trust bookshop in the building that housed the Beatrix Potter Gallery, on Hawkshead's Main Street.
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Writer's house
Hill Top
17th-century house at Near Sawrey that was Beatrix Potter's home; the National Trust opens it as a museum.
Church
St Michael and All Angels' Church
Parish church on Church Hill in Hawkshead village.
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Lake
Esthwaite Water
One of the smaller lakes in the National Park, between Windermere and Coniston Water, with Hawkshead at its northern end.
Forest
Grizedale Forest
Forest of about 24 square kilometres east of Coniston Water and south of Hawkshead, with walking and cycling.
Fell
Wetherlam
The most northerly of the Coniston Fells, whose north-east slopes descend to Little Langdale.
Gill
Tilberthwaite Gill
Gill with a waterfall and footpath, north of Coniston village.
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- Coniston & Hawkshead (area photo): Martin Jeffries, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Coniston Water: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Old Man of Coniston: John H Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ruskin Museum: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brantwood: Myself, Public domain, source
- Steam Yacht Gondola: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Coniston Boating Centre: Adrian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tarn Hows: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hawkshead Grammar School: FFNick, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tabitha Twitchit's Bookshop: Jo and Steve Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hill Top: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0, source
- St Michael and All Angels' Church: Alan Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Esthwaite Water: Ian Dick, CC BY 2.0, source
- Grizedale Forest: James Burke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Wetherlam: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tilberthwaite Gill: Philip Barker, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Wasdale & Eskdale: John260660, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Windermere & Bowness: Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ambleside & Grasmere: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Keswick & Derwentwater: Antiquary, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ullswater & Pooley Bridge: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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