Coniston — Chapel Stile
Concha one
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Coniston and Chapel Stile.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Coniston and Chapel Stile.
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Reviews - 2
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Coniston
Grid Ref
SD3035097579
Lat / Lon
54.36895° / -3.07355°
Easting / Northing
330,350E / 497,579N
What3Words
redouble.grafted.resurgent
Chapel Stile
Grid Ref
NY3216705310
Lat / Lon
54.43866° / -3.04736°
Easting / Northing
332,167E / 505,310N
What3Words
exposes.manifests.limitless
Concha One's land is
| Coniston | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SD3035097579 |
| Lat / Lon | 54.36895° / -3.07355° |
| Easting / Northing | 330,350E / 497,579N |
| What3Words | redouble.grafted.resurgent |
| Chapel Stile | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | NY3216705310 |
| Lat / Lon | 54.43866° / -3.04736° |
| Easting / Northing | 332,167E / 505,310N |
| What3Words | exposes.manifests.limitless |
| Moors | 6.3% |
| Natural grass | 6.7% |
| Pasture | 19.9% |
| Urban | 3.2% |
| Woods | 63.9% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Jacqui Russell
26 Aug 2023I walked from Chapel Stile to Coniston on a dry summer's day, and it was lovely. Woodland interspersed with views of fells and mostly ancient quarries - some very dramatic. Which made for an interesting/scenic low level walk. Decent paths, some up and down as you'd expect in the Lakes, but nothing too taxing and all remarkably quiet. Around 3 hours end to end. (I actually started in Ambleside, which added another 1.5 hours, and took the hourly 505 bus from Coniston back to Ambleside at the end).
Jo Wood
29 Jul 2023A lovely largely woodland route that I combined with 'Chaamb two' from Ambleside to Chapel Style before setting off towards Coniston. It takes a sensible route on well marked paths touring quarries old and new. Inevitably, having to cross from Langdale to Little Langdale to Yewdale, there's a bit of up and down between valleys, but nothing too strenuous, taking around 3 hours.
This part of the Lake District has a long history of green slate quarrying and much of it evident from this walk. It makes an interesting complement to the copper mining that once took place in the Coniston region.
Paths are well marked and maintained throughout although worth keeping an eye on the GPX/map as there are a few turns that are easy to miss. Most are through woodland making this a good one on very hot, windy or wet days.
The Three Shires Inn in Little Langdale makes a useful refreshment stop should you need one. The section from Little Langdale to Yewdale / Consiton takes you above some of the more dramatic quarried sections overlooking Tilberthwiate before descending on a short section of (quiet) single track road to Yewdale. Don't be misled by the overview map – by the time you meet the A593 to Coniston, the path is separated from the road in woodland so you are generally unaware of any traffic.
Overall, a great route with much of interest on the way that also works as a quieter, albeit slightly longer, alternative to ConAmb One between Coniston and Ambleside.
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