Editing Coniston Coppermines YHA

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[[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.
==General==
[[Image:Coppermines_YHA.JPG|thumb|YHA from above]]
===Location===
* 1.5 miles from Coniston, Cumbria.
* Grid Reference: SD289986
* [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=coniston&sll=54.162434,-3.647461&sspn=12.445487,33.398438&ie=UTF8&ll=54.377572,-3.095352&spn=0.001067,0.00247&t=h&z=19 Google Maps]

===Accommodation===
[[Image:Coppermines_Kitchen.JPG|thumb|Kitchen]]
[[Image:Coppermines_Lounge.JPG|thumb|Lounge]]
Total number of beds: 26
* 3 rooms with 4 beds
* 1 room with 6 beds
* 1 room with 8 beds

Standard YHA quality bunks.

The kitchen has a couple of cookers and is large enough to cook for the group.

The dining area is fairly small and to sit everyone down at the same time would involve sitting in the adjacent kitchen.

The (upstairs) lounge has a wood burning stove and seating for about 10 people.

On the whole the hostel has a cramped and compact feeling.

Most windows in the hostel overlook the valley and the surrounding peaks.

===Parking===
Sizeable car park just outside the hostel.

===Price===
November-March £560 for two nights.[http://www.escape-to.co.uk/view_property.php?id=914]

==LRP Issues==
===Set Dressing Requirements===
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===
[[Image:Coppermines_Quarry.JPG|thumb|Nearby quarry buildings]]
====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.

From what could be seen these appeared to be relatively safe and with little to damage or upset around them.

====Coppermines Valley====
[[Image:Coppermines_Chimney_2.JPG|thumb|Abandoned building in Coppermines valley]]
[[Image:Coppermines_Chimney.JPG|thumb|Abandoned building in Coppermines valley]]
Starting at the hostel itself is Coppermines Valley.  This is a fairly steep valley, but shouldn't be too arduous for relatively fit players and crew.  It has a number of crystal clear pools at the bottom of waterfalls of varying depths, in addition to the interesting mine entrances.  There is also a ruined building a few hundred yards up the valley from the hostel with a tall chimney.

====Mine Entrances====
[[Image:Coppermines_Entrance.JPG|thumb|Mine entrance not far away]]
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.

====Levers Water====
About half a mile's walk up the valley towards the Old Man of Coniston is a reservoir.

===Norms===
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.
===Events run here===
None known.

==Pros & Cons==
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===Pros===
* Beautiful scenery
* Remote
* Mine entrances
* Immediate access to routes
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===Cons===
* Path used heavily by walkers accessing Old Man of Coniston
* Access path is very rough
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