Coniston Water

/ ˈkɒnɪstən /

noun

1. a lake in NW England, in Cumbria: scene of the establishment of world water speed records by Sir Malcolm Campbell (1939) and his son Donald Campbell (1959). Length: 8 km (5 miles)

Example Sentences

He said Windermere was one of the world's most famous lakes and if the issues could not be solved there, it did not bode well for the future of other equally important but less famous sites such as Coniston Water.

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The Ruskin Museum is aiming to run Bluebird again on Coniston Water at some point next year when it will be piloted by Australian Dave Warby, son of the late-water speed world-record holder Ken Warby.

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The craft's wreckage was recovered from Coniston Water in 2001 and rebuilt by a team of engineers on Tyneside.

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Donald Campbell, Sir Malcolm's son, was the only man to hold both the land and water-speed records at the same time, before he was killed at Coniston Water in the Lake District in 1967 in another record attempt.

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Having been recovered from the bottom of Coniston Water 34 years later, it was rebuilt by a team of engineers on Tyneside.

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