Guidebook for Coniston
Food Scene
There are a variety of pubs and cafes to choose from in the village; the Drunken Duck is a short drive away and does excellent food. Torver has a pub and an excellent cafe at Undercragg Studios.
Great Indian food and takeaway.
They only accept payment by cash
Take your own alcohol.
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Sara's Indian
4 Yewdale RdGreat Indian food and takeaway.
They only accept payment by cash
Take your own alcohol.
The Green Housekeeper
16 Yewdale RdFantastic café serving good food and a reasonable price
Black Bull
1 Yewdale RdOn site brewery and good food
Lakeside location. Serves a range of food throughout the day and ice creams!
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The Bluebird Café by the Lake
12 Lake RdLakeside location. Serves a range of food throughout the day and ice creams!
The Coniston Inn
Hawkshead Old RoadNewly refurbished pub, outdoor seating area, looks over the lake
Set just above the village with great views. An outside terrace for the warmer evenings and a spacious interior with plenty of seating. Log fire in the winter. Well worth visiting for a good selection of beers and great tasting food
The Sun Hotel
Set just above the village with great views. An outside terrace for the warmer evenings and a spacious interior with plenty of seating. Log fire in the winter. Well worth visiting for a good selection of beers and great tasting food
This is a great cafe located in Torver. Delicious homemade food and wonderful coffee. Art courses available and work for sale. A real gem.
Undercrag Studio & Café
This is a great cafe located in Torver. Delicious homemade food and wonderful coffee. Art courses available and work for sale. A real gem.
This pub is in the centre of the village. It does excellent food in comfortable surroundings. The staff are excellent too. They have a pizza oven as well as the standard menu. Well worth a visit, we are sure you won't be disapopointed.
Yewdale Inn
2 Yewdale RdThis pub is in the centre of the village. It does excellent food in comfortable surroundings. The staff are excellent too. They have a pizza oven as well as the standard menu. Well worth a visit, we are sure you won't be disapopointed.
Arts & Culture
Brantwood house and gardens is on the east shore of Coniston water with terrific views of the lake and fells from the cafe terrace
This was the home of John Ruskin. House and gardens are worth a visit.
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Brantwood
This was the home of John Ruskin. House and gardens are worth a visit.
Small museum in the centre of Coniston, it is now home to the reconstructed BlueBird, salvaged from the bottom of the lake, lots to see.
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Ruskin Museum
Small museum in the centre of Coniston, it is now home to the reconstructed BlueBird, salvaged from the bottom of the lake, lots to see.
National Trust gondola on the lake,
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National Trust - Steam Yacht Gondola
Lake RoadNational Trust gondola on the lake,
Essentials
Local grocery shops
Coniston Co-operative Society
3 Yewdale RdGroceries and an off licence.
W F Hutchinson Ltd
Tilberthwaite AvenueRange of groceries and an excellent butchers counter.
BP
Broughton RoadOpen until 10pm, groceries and an off licence.
Selling milk, vegetables and flowers, set just behind the Crown at the end of the road.
Coniston & Torver Dairy
Hawkshead Old RoadSelling milk, vegetables and flowers, set just behind the Crown at the end of the road.
Shopping
Excellent wine shop with a great selection of wines and good advice. Competitive pricing.
Located at Greenodd on the way from the motorway.
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The Porterage Co. Lake District - Retail and Wholesale Wines & Spirits
Excellent wine shop with a great selection of wines and good advice. Competitive pricing.
Located at Greenodd on the way from the motorway.
Ambleside
Great place for outdoor shops, cafes and the cinema.
Parks & Nature
Cathedral Quarry
3 Stang EndEasily accessible walk, spectacular caves
Excellent walks suitable for all the family. You can walk from the house if you are feeling energetic or there are car parks close by.
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Tarn Hows
Excellent walks suitable for all the family. You can walk from the house if you are feeling energetic or there are car parks close by.
The Old Man of Coniston
Fantastic views across the valley.
Blea Tarn
Windermere
Great Langdale
Entertainment & Activities
Coniston Boating Centre
Lake RoadBoat rental
Grizedale Forest
Mountain bike rental. Go Ape course.
For everything Beatrix Potter
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I-World of Beatrix Potter Attraction
Crag BrowFor everything Beatrix Potter
Zeffirellis
2 Compston RdCinema and vegetarian Italian restaurant.