Coniston Water
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird craft has been fired up on Coniston Water for the first time since the daredevil pilot's fatal crash on the lake almost 60 years ago.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Crowds gathered to welcome Donald Campbell's Bluebird craft as it returned to the Lake District 57 years after its pilot was killed in a crash on Coniston Water.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2024
Introducing himself as an amateur diver, Bill Smith outlined his ambition to locate Bluebird's crumpled wreckage on the dark, unforgiving bed of Coniston Water in England's North West.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
Donald Campbell, a forty-six-year-old serial speed-record holder, died while attempting to break his own world water-speed record, on Coniston Water, in the Lake District.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019
The road to Brantwood from Coniston runs under the shade of beautiful trees, at the head of Coniston Water.
From What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association by Home, Gordon
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