The village has shops, a Post Office, pubs and cafés and an award winning real ale brewery at the Black Bull.
Coniston is an excellent centre for hiking holidays and it is possible to climb many of the major Lake District fells using Thwaite Cottage as your base.
The Old Man, Dow Crag, Swirl How and Wetherlam look down on the village and close by are the Langdale and Fairfield Ranges.
Coniston fells from Brantwood
For those who prefer low level walking, there are lakeside paths linking up with the Coniston Launch , trails through Grizedale Forest - which is also a sculpture park - paths up to and around one of the most renowned beauty spots in the Lake District, Tarn Hows, and more than nine acres of gardens and woodland at Brantwood.
the Grizedale giant 
Tarn Hows
bluebells at Brantwood
Miles of fascinating footpaths wind through this spectacular countryside. We are always happy to advise walkers, help plan routes and loan maps and guide books.
This is a great area for cycling and mountain biking - bikes can be hired at Coniston Boating Centre and Grizedale Visitors’ Centre - where there are miles of forest tracks to be explored and a more challenging ‘mountain bikes only’ trail called 'the North Face'.
For the really adventurous, there is ‘Go Ape’ , a high level adventure course in Grizedale Forest with rope bridges, swings and zip slides through the treetops.
Pony trekking is available at two centres in/near Coniston.
Gondola Prow
Coniston Water is famous for the world record breaking power boat runs of Donald Campbell in ‘Bluebird’ . It is now very peaceful although once a year a ‘Records Week’ is hosted and speed boats permitted. There are two electric launches that run both ferry services and cruises or you can sail on the steam yacht “Gondola“.
Electric motor boats, rowboats, sailing dinghies and canoes can all be hired from the Boating Centre. There are launching facilities for private boats. Fishing is available on the Lake and nearby tarns - permits available in the village.