16-777: John Ruskin School (JRS) is an 11–16 school on Lake Road in Coniston, Cumbria . The school is part of the Rural Academy, a group of nine small schools in Cumbria which was awarded Technology College status in 2004, and a member of the South Lakes Federation of Schools. According to a 2009 Ofsted report, "It capitalises on its small size by providing a very welcoming and friendly ethos where relationships are very good and students and staff know each other well." It
32-533: A football team, Coniston AFC, who play their home games at Coniston sports and social centre. The main bus service in Coniston is a Stagecoach Cumbria service 505 which goes to Ambleside , Windermere and occasionally Kendal . As with the rest of the British Isles , Coniston experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. Rainfall is high, almost at 2,000 millimetres (79 in)
48-658: A tourist location during the Victorian era , thanks partially to the construction of a branch of the Furness Railway , which opened to passenger traffic in 1859 and terminated at Coniston railway station . The poet and social critic John Ruskin also popularised the village, buying the mansion Brantwood on the eastern side of Coniston Water in 1871. Before his death, he rejected the option to be buried in Westminster Abbey , instead being laid to rest in
64-555: A year. Temperature extremes have ranged from −15.2 °C (4.6 °F) during February 1986, to 30.3 °C (86.5 °F) during August 1990. The nearest Met Office weather station is Grizedale, around 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the South East. Coniston is also an important local centre, with a secondary school ( John Ruskin School ), primary school (Coniston Church of England Primary School), bank, petrol station and other such services. It has also repeatedly been highly placed in
80-536: Is derived from konungr , the Old Norse for king, and tūn the Old English ] for farmstead or village, meaning the "King's estate"; Ekwall it is speculated that this settlement could have been the centre of a 'small Scandinavian mountain kingdom'. By the 12th century, it was known as " Coningeston ". Coniston grew as both a farming village, and to serve local copper and slate mines. It grew in popularity as
96-651: Is part of the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency, of which Tim Farron is the current MP representing the Liberal Democrats . Before Brexit , it was in the North West England European Parliamentary Constituency. For Local Government purposes, Coniston is in the Coniston and Hawkshead ward of Westmorland and Furness Council . The total population of this ward as taken at
112-572: The 2011 census to 928. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire , it is in the southern part of the Lake District National Park , between Coniston Water , the third longest lake in the Lake District, and Coniston Old Man . Coniston is 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Barrow-in-Furness , 20 miles (32 km) west of Kendal and 42 miles (68 km) north of Lancaster . The village's name
128-563: The 2011 Census was 1,575. The village also has its own Parish Council . The creation of the Lake District National Park in 1951 provided a boost to tourism, with attractions such as the Ruskin Museum and ferry services across the lake developing. Coniston is a popular spot for hill-walking and rock-climbing ; there are fine walks to be had on the nearby Furness Fells and Grizedale Forest , and some of
144-534: The Ruskin Museum to accommodate the fully restored Bluebird K7 boat. It opened in late 2009 with the K7 due to have arrived in late 2011 or early 2012. The whole village was powered by hydroelectricity during the 1920s but this became so heavily taxed that the people there were forced to return to the national grid. Since 7 March 2007 a hydro-electric scheme has been in use to power up to 300 homes; being sited near
160-574: The churchyard of St Andrew's, Coniston. Ruskin Museum , established in 1901, is both a memorial to Ruskin and a local museum covering the history and heritage of Coniston Water and the Lake District . The philosopher R.G. Collingwood is buried in Coniston. The painter Henry Robinson Hall lived and worked and was buried in Coniston. Donald Campbell added to the profile of the village and lake when he broke four World Water Speed Records on
176-647: The county's highest point. Two slate quarries still operate at Coniston, one in Coppermines Valley, the other at Brossen Stone on the east side of the Coniston Old Man. Both work Coniston's volcanic slates, being blue at Low-Brandy Crag in Coppermines Valley, and light green at Brossen Stone (bursting stone). The scenery around Coniston derives from Coniston Limestone and rocks of the Borrowdale Volcanic Group . Coniston
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#1732790681681192-418: The disused garage into a state of the art design facility as part of their design and technology department. It was opened by Tim Farron , local MP, on 10 November 2008.The school is also fully accessible Coniston, Cumbria Coniston is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria , England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,058, decreasing at
208-430: The finest rock in the Lake District on the eastern face of Dow Crag , 3 miles (4.8 km) from the village. The Grizedale Stages rally also takes place in Coniston, using the surrounding Grizedale and Broughton Moor (or Postlethwaite Allotment) forests. The village is also home to a number of hotels and two youth hostels , one at the edge of the village, the other in the nearby Coppermines Valley . The village also has
224-527: The lake in the 1950s. He died attempting to break the world water speed record for the eighth time in 1967, when his jet boat, " Bluebird K7 ", crashed at 290 mph (470 km/h), having already set the record for the seventh time at Dumbleyung Lake , Western Australia in 1964. His body and boat ( Bluebird K7 ) were discovered and recovered by divers in 2001 and he was buried in the new graveyard in Coniston in September 2001. A new wing has been built at
240-531: The original. Coniston is located on the western shore of the northern end of Coniston Water . It sits at the mouth of Coppermines Valley and Yewdale Beck, which descend from the Coniston Fells , historically the location of ore and slate mining. Coniston's location thus developed as a farming village and transport hub, serving these areas. Coniston was situated in the very north-west of the historic county of Lancashire , with Coniston Old Man forming
256-496: Was classed as a good school and was noted for outstanding attendance and behaviour. The school attracts pupils from both the village itself and the surrounding area largely from the respective primary schools of Broughton-in-Furness and Hawkshead . The school has no sixth form, the nearest being at Ulverston Victoria High School , however many choose to go to elsewhere such as Barrow Sixth Form College , Furness College, Barrow-in-Furness or Kendal College . The school converted
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