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[[Image:Coniston_Coppermines_YHA.jpg|right|Coniston Coppermines YHA]] | [[Image:Coniston_Coppermines_YHA.jpg|right|Coniston Coppermines YHA]] | ||
Coniston Coppermines is a Youth Hostel[http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/the-lake-district/hostels/Coniston-Coppermines/index.aspx] just below the Old Man of Coniston in the South East end of the Lake District. | Coniston Coppermines is a Youth Hostel[http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/the-lake-district/hostels/Coniston-Coppermines/index.aspx] just below the Old Man of Coniston in the South East end of the Lake District. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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===Location=== | ===Location=== | ||
* 1.5 miles from Coniston, Cumbria. | * 1.5 miles from Coniston, Cumbria. | ||
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===Accommodation=== | ===Accommodation=== | ||
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Total number of beds: 26 | Total number of beds: 26 | ||
* 3 rooms with 4 beds | * 3 rooms with 4 beds | ||
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* 1 room with 8 beds | * 1 room with 8 beds | ||
− | Standard YHA quality | + | Standard YHA quality beds. |
The kitchen has a couple of cookers and is large enough to cook for the group. | The kitchen has a couple of cookers and is large enough to cook for the group. | ||
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The dining area has plastic chairs. The hostel has the standard YHA covering of posters and notices that would require set dressing over. | The dining area has plastic chairs. The hostel has the standard YHA covering of posters and notices that would require set dressing over. | ||
===Routes and Features of Interest=== | ===Routes and Features of Interest=== | ||
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====Quarry==== | ====Quarry==== | ||
A few hundred yards up the path from the hostel there are some square concrete quarry buildings. Once walkers have left the area for the afternoon these could suitably be used as some form of WWI onwards base. | A few hundred yards up the path from the hostel there are some square concrete quarry buildings. Once walkers have left the area for the afternoon these could suitably be used as some form of WWI onwards base. | ||
From what could be seen these appeared to be relatively safe and with little to damage or upset around them. | From what could be seen these appeared to be relatively safe and with little to damage or upset around them. | ||
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====Mine Entrances==== | ====Mine Entrances==== | ||
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There are a number of mine entrances in and around Coppermines Valley. Provided it was ensured that no-one went too deep into these, they could be used fairly safely for an encounter or two. | There are a number of mine entrances in and around Coppermines Valley. Provided it was ensured that no-one went too deep into these, they could be used fairly safely for an encounter or two. | ||
+ | ====Coppermines Valley==== | ||
====Levers Water==== | ====Levers Water==== | ||
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===Norms=== | ===Norms=== | ||
There are a number of holiday cottages about a hundred yards away from the hostel. | There are a number of holiday cottages about a hundred yards away from the hostel. | ||
− | The access path to the hostel carries on up to the Old Man of Coniston and is heavily used by walkers. | + | The access path to the hostel carries on up to the Old Man of Coniston and is heavily used by walkers. |
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===Events run here=== | ===Events run here=== | ||
None known. | None known. |