Coniston Copper Trails - Coniston, Cumbria - Self Guided Walks and Trails on Waymarking.com

This timber and copper kiosk serves as trailhead for two self guided walks discovering Coniston's copper mining heritage.
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1. Introducing Coppermines Valley - (visit link)
Distance: 2.5 miles (4km)
Time: 2 hours
Ramblers Grade: Moderate
Disabled Rambler’s Grade: Category 3 (visit link)
"Introducing Coppermines Valley takes you to the centre of the copper industry and the Heritage Centre at the edge of the fells."

2. Land of Power and Ore - (visit link)
Distance: 3.5 miles (5.5km)
Time: 3.25 hours
Ramblers Grade: Strenuous
Disabled Rambler’s Grade: Not accessible
"Land of Power and Ore takes you further onto the fells to come closer to the mines, engine houses and inclines."

A bonus walk can be started from here, although the official start is from the boating centre on Coniston Water:
Miners’ Lives - (visit link)
Distance: 1.25 mile (2km)
Time: 1 hour
Ramblers Grade: Easy
Disabled Rambler’s Grade: Category 2+ (visit link)
"Miners’ Lives is a short walk around Coniston village and focuses on social history, transport and how mining changed the village."

From the brochure -
"Copper ore mined in the 1600s was taken by packhorse to Keswick to be smelted, while during the 1700s it was transported to Cheshire.
During the 1800s Coniston Water was used to ship ore south to Greenodd for transfer onto canal barges heading to the coast at Ulverston. It was sold and shipped to copper smelting plants in St Helens and Swansea.
Boats gave way to trains when the railway came to Coniston in 1859.
Copper mining flourished in the 1800s then declined in 1897 when cheaper Chilean imports made it uneconomical."

Fee?: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Approximate Time to Finish: 2 hours Addtional Website URL: [Web Link] Brochure or Interpretive Signs: Not listed Rate the Walk: Not listed Wherigo Cartridge: Not listed

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