Alfred Wainwright once compared Coniston in the southern Lake District with Zermatt way up in the Swiss Alps — saying each seemed to have a particularly strong affinity with their nearest mountains.

In and around the Cumbrian village of Coniston, many aspects of the English Lake District’s history, heritage and geography converge. You would expect a place with a mining past to perhaps look a ...

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Boats, trains and buses lead to a hauntingly beautiful side of the Lake District, bursting with wildlife, culture and relics of the past. While dark-sky canoeing makes for a magical night The ripples ...

Donald Campbell's Bluebird has had a new jet engine installed as part of efforts to run the record-breaking craft in the Lake District next year. The hydroplane was transported from Coniston's Ruskin ...

A multi-agency response was deployed yesterday afternoon at Coniston Water ...