Black Sails

A Coniston fell honeycombed with old copper and slate workings, its slopes scarred by centuries of mining

0.6 km NE

A narrow high pass linking the Duddon and Little Langdale valleys, meeting Hardknott at the Three Shire Stone.

1.9 km NW

A wild upland valley above Coniston strewn with the ruins and spoil of centuries of copper mining beneath the Old Man.

1.9 km S

A flooded slate quarry whose arched caverns and 150-foot walls read as a skull in reflection — famous on camera, and strictly for looking into.

3.5 km E

Set between Great and Little Langdale, its reeds and pines frame a celebrated view of the Langdale Pikes.

3.8 km N