HF Houses - Monk Coniston
HF lease Monk Coniston from the National Trust. It is an interesting house with lots of paintings, the garden has a collection (arboretum) of tall trees. The grounds go down to Coniston Water and there are lots of walks, from the house, to Tarn Hows and The Old Man of Coniston for instance.
| Location | Region | House | Total rooms | Of which singles |
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| Coniston | Southern Lake District | Monk Coniston | 29 | 12 |
Getting to Monk Coniston by Public Transport
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The 505 bus goes from Ambleside to the stop outside Monk Coniston. To get to Ambleside the 555 bus stops at Lancaster, Kendal, Windermere and Penrith stations.
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The House and Gardens
HF lease Monk Coniston from the National Trust, It is a grade II Listed Building. I have put a lot more photographs of the house here |
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Monk Conistion is about 1.5km from Coniston village. You could either walk along the B5285 there is a path seperated from the road by a hedge, or walk through the woods or catch the 505 bus.
Coniston Water is at the end of the garden.
Some of the large and rare trees in the grounds:
Walking from Monk Coniston without a Car
Here are some walks from the house or walks using local busses. There was plenty of nice walks for a 7-night self-guided stay. Here is some information about a few that I have done:
- Ambleside
- Coniston Water West
- Grizedale Forest
- Levers Water
- Old Man of Coniston
- Tarn Hows and Cathedral Quarries
- Great Langdale
Old Man of Coniston
I have put a fuller description and more pictures from this walk on the page here.
There are different routes up the Old Man of Coniston via Levers Water Beck and copper mines or more direct via quarry.
Low Water.
I find it interesting to lookout for industrial and mining heritage along the walks and to try and work out how these things were used.
Tarn Hows
I have put a fuller description and more pictures from this walk on the page here.
Levers Water
I have put a fuller description and more pictures from this walk on the page here.
Other walks from Monk Coniston
- Ambleside
- Coniston Water West
- Grizedale Forest
- Levers Water
- Old Man of Coniston
- Tarn Hows and Cathedral Quarries
- Great Langdale
Other Documents on this site
Click on the following for more information
| Former HF Houses | |
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| Conwy (1914- 2011) |  |
| Newlands (1914- 1987) |  |
| Swanage (1947- 1995) |  |
| Isle of Arran (1925- ) |  |
| Scarborough (1954- 1998) |  |
| Lulworth |  |
| Beddgelert |  |
| New Inns |  |
| Penrith |  |
| Milford-on-Sea |  |
About This SiteHere is some information I have gathered together about getting to and walking from HF houses when leaving the car at home. On these pages I have also put some history about former HF houses I have visited. The information here is based on my visits to HF houses over the years. It may be out of date so don't rely on anything here without checking. If you find any errors why not let others know by putting a post on the HF Holiday Fans ( unofficial) Facebook forum. I will try to quote such posts here so they don't get lost. This is information I have discovered over the years which would have been useful to know before. Unfortunately the travel information on the HF website, for getting to houses by public transport, is poor. I think it would be better if the information on this page were on the HF website. |
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