Eat and drink · Traditional
The Black Bull
Coniston
Own Brewery
Home of Coniston Brewing Co and their legendary Bluebird Bitter. A proper village local with world-class ales.
Nearby
The Sun Inn Coniston
Traditional, Coniston££££
A 16th-century Coniston inn with Donald Campbell memorabilia on the walls and proper Lakeland character throughout.
Grizedale Forest
Outdoor Adventure, Hawkshead, dogs welcome££££
Mountain biking, Go Ape, sculpture trails and walking routes through ancient woodland between Coniston and Windermere.
Walks nearby
Hard · 11.7 km · 772 m up
The Old Man of Coniston via the Coppermines and Walna Scar
About 3 hours 30 minutes
Coniston's mountain by its most interesting line: up through the old copper and slate workings to Low Water and the summit, down by Goat's Water and Walna Scar.
Easy · 3.0 km · 38 m up
Tarn Hows circular walk
About 30 minutes
An easy loop on a good path around Tarn Hows, the wooded tarn between Coniston and Hawkshead with the Langdale and Coniston fells behind.
Moderate · 8.3 km · 257 m up
Carron Crag trail, Grizedale Forest
About 2 hours
Grizedale's purple waymarked trail from the visitor centre to Carron Crag, the forest's highest point, with views to the Coniston fells.