Coniston is a village in the region of Furness, the area of Lancashire that moved into the administrative county of Cumbria, in the United Kingdom. It is located in the southern part of the Lake District National Park, between Coniston Water and Coniston Old Man. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Furness is a peninsula in north-west England. ... Red Lancashire rose Lancashire is a county in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ... Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ... The panorama across Eskdale from Ill Crag. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... Coniston Water as seen from Holme Fell, 3 kilometres to the north. ... The Old Man of Coniston is a fell in the English Lake District. ...

Coniston grew as both a farming village, and to serve local copper and slate mines. It grew in popularity as a tourist location during the Victorian era, thanks partially to the construction of a branch of the Furness Railway, opened to passenger traffic in 1859. The poet and social revolutionary John Ruskin also popularised the village, buying the mansion Brantwood on the shores of Coniston Water in 1871. Before his death, he rejected the chance to be buried in Westminster Abbey, instead being laid to rest in Coniston. General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... Slate Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock which was derived from an original sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Furness Railway was one of the constituent companies of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the Railways Act 1921. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Poet is a term applied to a person who composes poetry, including extended forms such as dramatic verse. ... Upper: Steel-plate engraving of Ruskin as a young man, made circa 1845, scanned from print made circa 1895. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Abbeys western façade The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ...

Coniston is a popular spot for hill-walking and rock-climbing; there are fine walks to be had on the nearby Furness Fells and Grizedale Forest, and some of the finest rock in the Lake District on the eastern face of Dow Crag, three miles from the village. Hillwalking or fellwalking is the recreational practice of hiking in mountainous terrain. ... Climbers on Valkyrie at the Roaches. ... The Furness Fells (also known as the Coniston Fells) are a small group of mountains in the south of the English Lake District, in Cumbria. ...

The creation of the national park in the 1950's provided a further boost to tourism, with attractions such as the John Ruskin Museum and ferry services across the lake developing. Donald Campbell added to the profile of the village and lake when he died breaking the world water speed record in 1967, having already set the record on the same lake in 1967. His body and boat (The Bluebird) were discovered by divers in 2000 and he was buried in Coniston in 2001. The village is also home to two Youth Hostels, one in the village centre, the other in the nearby Coppermines Valley. Donald Malcolm Campbell (March 23, 1921 - January 4, 1967) was a British car and motorboat driver who broke many speed records. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Youth hostel in Rome. ...

Coniston is also an important local centre, with a secondary school, bank, petrol station and other such services. It has also repeatedly been highly placed in the Village of the Year award, winning it in 1997. 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...