S1 · Southern
Coniston Round
20 km · 1563 m · OS time 08:07 h · with dogs 9-11 h · Very hard Amber
This trip: 0/7 · Overall: 0 of 214
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Car park
Coniston Ruskin Avenue car park (National Park pay & display, by the Tourist Information Centre)
LA21 8EH · SD303975 · 54.36856, -3.07347
Main village pay & display car park. Walna Scar road-end car park (SD289970, no postcode) saves 250 m of ascent.
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Sketch only — straight lines between summits. Follow the OS Maps route on the hill.
Fells
Route
Coniston up Church Beck and the old quarry track past Low Water to the Old Man, out to Dow Crag via Goat's Hawse and back, north over Brim Fell to Swirl How, Great Carrs, out-and-back to Grey Friar, then down Prison Band to Swirl Hause and up Wetherlam before descending to the Coppermines valley and Coniston.
Dog hazards
Upper end of Amber. Dow Crag's summit is a rock point right above a big cliff - dogs stay below it. Prison Band is rocky but the main path finds an easy way through; still expect a few rock steps. Quarry spoil and open mine shafts on the Old Man and Wetherlam - keep dogs close.
Scrambles
Dow Crag summit block (dogs wait below). Rocky steps on Prison Band.
Water
Low Water and Levers Water. Dry ridge.
Livestock
Sheep; Herdwicks around the Walna Scar road.
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