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Low Tilberthwaite – Coniston Waterfall loop from Coniston

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Low Tilberthwaite – Coniston Waterfall loop from Coniston

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4.8

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Low Tilberthwaite – Coniston Waterfall loop from Coniston

03:44

12.2km

390m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.60 km

Whins Wood

Forest

2.77 km

Scroggs

Forest

4.67 km

Low Tilberthwaite

Highlight • River

Many excellent hikes can be started from Low Tilberthwaite. Peak baggers can venture east to Holme Fell, the second lowest of all the Wainwrights, or head up into the mighty Coniston Fells. There are also plenty of lovely low level walks around here too. Little Langdale is just a short walk to the northeast and there's also the underground spectacle of Cathedral Cavern to explore.

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4.81 km

Cave Entrance in Lake District National Park

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5.20 km

Old Mine (Lake District National Park)

Highlight • Historical Site

If you are brave, you can climb a bit into the cave...

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6.24 km

Penny Rigg Summit

Highlight • Summit

Penny Rigg 336.5m P11.1 (1104ft) (Hill ID: 511820) [JNSA s8094]
Lake District National Park Definitive List summit.

County of Lancashire Definitive List summit.
Kent List Summit.

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6.97 km

Narrow Rocky Passage in Lake District National Park

Highlight • Canyon

9.06 km

Coniston Coppermines Historic Site

Highlight • Viewpoint

Around 1590, the Company of Mines Royal began extracting copper from the Coniston copper veins. The first work was carried out entirely by hand. With brute force, the rock face was broken and tunnels were excavated very slowly.
Only enough rock was removed to allow one person to pass through the tunnel, and these access tunnels are called 'coffin levels' because of their characteristic coffin shape. Excavating a 17th-century tunnel like Cobbler's Level could still take three years. The Elizabethan Company of Mines Royal was led by German experts from the Tyrol and Bavaria. Their mines penetrated more than 55 metres into the earth. Work continued after the English Civil War, but perhaps not to a great extent.
At the end of the 17th century, gunpowder was introduced, which changed everything. Work went much faster and mines could go much deeper than before, up to more than 90 metres below the surface. The charges were placed in a hole drilled into the rock using 'jumpers', iron rods made on site. You can still see hand-drilled shot holes. Gunpowder was replaced by dynamite in 1877 and jumpers by compressed air drills in 1883.
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9.27 km

Coniston Coppermines Waterwheel

Highlight • Historical Site

The Coniston Coppermines Waterwheel is a restored, fully functioning waterwheel in Coppermines Valley. Against the impressive backdrop of The Old Man of Coniston, it forms a central element of the area's 500-year-old copper mining history.

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10.2 km

Coniston Waterfall

Highlight • Natural Monument

A beautiful waterfall, but difficult to view in the summer due to dense vegetation.

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12.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.08 km

3.96 km

2.57 km

306 m

255 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.51 km

2.90 km

1.67 km

1.43 km

1.31 km

401 m

Elevation

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

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Low Tilberthwaite – Coniston Waterfall loop from Coniston

Low Tilberthwaite

Cave Entrance in Lake District National Park

Old Mine (Lake District National Park)

Penny Rigg Summit

Narrow Rocky Passage in Lake District National Park

Coniston Coppermines Historic Site

Coniston Coppermines Waterwheel

Coniston Waterfall

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