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Fairfield · 873 m · 19 km NNE
Lake · England

Coniston Water

43 m141 ft
Area
4.68 km²
Max depth
56 m
Tonight
6°CCloudy · Wind 24 km/h NW

Coniston Water is a lake at 43 m above sea level in England, United Kingdom, 4.68 km² in area and 8.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
43 m
Length
8.6 km
Shoreline
22.2 km
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3D map

Coniston Water 3D map

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Vertical scale
Topographic map

Coniston Water topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Coniston Water elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Lake

Coniston Water in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

8.6 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
22.2 km≈5½ h to walk around
Weather

Coniston Water weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 24 km/h NW

Coniston Water forecast for about 43 m.

  • Tonight6°–24 km/h NW
  • Today6°12°32.4 mm66 km/h W
  • Sun7°10°5.6 mm54 km/h W
  • Mon7°9°16.9 mm29 km/h SW
  • Tue9°12°9.9 mm36 km/h SW
  • Wed9°12°5.3 mm28 km/h W
  • Thu8°11°0.8 mm10 km/h SE
  • Fri9°12°11.7 mm17 km/h SE
  • Sat5°10°3.5 mm14 km/h SE
  • Sun5°9°1.0 mm18 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Coniston Water

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Coniston Water, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    Machell Coppice

    0.4 km SE · +2 more within 1.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Coniston Hall Campsite

    0.6 km NW · +2 more within 1.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Coniston Park Coppice Caravan Club Site

    1.0 km WNW · +2 more within 2.0 km

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All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Machell CoppiceParking0.4 km SE
Parking0.5 km SSE
Coniston Hall CampsiteCampsite0.6 km NW
Hoathwaite CampsiteCampsite0.9 km WSW
Coniston Park Coppice Caravan Club SiteCaravan site1.0 km WNW
Caravan site1.0 km NNW
Parking1.5 km N
Pier Cottage Caravan ParkCampsite1.7 km N
BeckthwaiteCaravan site2.0 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 10.6 × 10.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 75% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
75.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
22.0%
Steep, 30–45°
2.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
2.7% of the 112 km² view
Relief in view
793 m low point 5 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 59.4%Trees 35.5%Water 4.6%Built-up 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5.3 km of Coniston Water.

NESW5 km10 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Old Man of Coniston802 m 4.8 km NW
  2. 2Brown Pike682 m 4.8 km WNW
  3. 3Walna Scar621 m 5.0 km WNW
  4. 4White Maiden613 m 5.0 km WNW
  5. 5Buck Pike744 m 5.1 km NW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.3 km; 666 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Fly Agaric42
  • Purple foxglove28
  • European wood-sorrel24
  • European Robin20
  • Woodland Dor Beetle20
  • Mallard18
Where it sits

Where Coniston Water sits

Range
Lake District28
Region
England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Protected area
Lake District National Park27
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Lake District 6
See all 28 in the Lake District →
Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia