Tilberthwaite Gill

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

1.4 km W

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.

1.7 km NE

A string of cascades tumbling down Glen Mary from Tarn Hows towards Yew Tree Tarn, an easy family walk.

2.4 km E

A wooded 40-foot fall in several stages on the Brathay in Little Langdale, one of the more easily reached falls.

3 km NE

A much-loved beauty spot near Coniston, an artificial tarn among wooded knolls with the Coniston fells rising beyond.

3.2 km SE