 Coniston in Cumbria is the home of
Coniston Water, the Old Man, Swallows and Amazons, Ruskin and
the Donald Campbell land speed record in Bluebird. |
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Coniston
- Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak
to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0870
608 2 608. |
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Coniston
- Travel by road - Coniston is on the
A 593.
A nearby large town is Windermere. Coniston is about 145 miles
from GLASGOW and about 90 miles from MANCHESTER. |
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Coniston
- Travel by road - Coniston is reached
by leaving the M6 Motorway at Junction 36 and initially following
signs to Barrow In Furness (A590). |
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Coniston
nearby station - Travel by train - Windermere Station,
Station Precinct, WINDERMERE, Cumbria, LA23 1AH. Ticket office.
Waiting room. Pay phone. Only parts of station step free access.
Wheelchairs available. WINDERMERE is about 10 miles from Coniston. |
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Airport indicated is Carlisle airport.
Coniston is on the A593.
Attractions (see details below)
Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). There
is no station in Coniston.
- Hill Top, Near Sawrey,
Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 0LF Tel: 015394 36269
- Laurel & Hardy Museum, 4c Upper Brook Street, Ulverston
LA12 7BH Tel: 01229 582292
- Birdoswald Roman Fort,
Hadrian's Wall, Brampton, Cumbria CA8 7DD Tel: 016977 47602
- Cartmel Racecourse, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria LA11
6QF - Tel:01539 536340 (www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk)
- Ravenglass and Eskdale
Railway, Ravenglass, Cumbria. Tel: 01229 717171
"Morning amongst the Coniston Fells, Cumberland"
exhibited in 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)
Oil on canvas. This was the first picture that Turner elevated
by quoting poetry in the Royal Academy catalogue. He chose lines
from Milton's Paradise Lost, describing the 'mists and exhalations'
of the atmosphere at sunrise. These shifting airs and lights,
and flock of sheep running before them, give the landscape a
natural drama to match the historical and mythological subjects
seen in other pictures. The mountain is Coniston Old Man, Cumbria,
which Turner saw in 1797.