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

The lake, called Coniston Water, extends to a length of about six miles.

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Brampton and Harwich are rivals, but Coniston Water gives of its power impartially to each.

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He took his parcel and strode down to Coniston Water, and there he found Cynthia seated on a rock with her toes in a pool.

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But they ate the lunch Cynthia had brought, far from the crowd, under the trees by Coniston Water.

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Then they went away, and the crickets and frogs on Coniston Water took up the refrain.

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