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Mountain Navigation – Finding your way safely around the hills, fells and mountains of the Lake District National Park. During 2024, for the first time, Mountain Rescue teams in England were called out every single day of the year. The age group requiring the highest percentage of rescue by the volunteer Mountain Rescue Teams was 18-24 years. This statistic is reflective of the increasing reliance on mapping services such as Google Maps and Apple Maps, which do not yet carry sufficient information for safe navigation in the hills. Lack of preparation and experience, partnered with the increase in visibility of…

Cragg Cottage, Torver, Coniston is named WINNER for Self-Catering Accommodation of the Year at The Cumbria Tourism Awards for 2023

Here at the Coppermines Lakes Cottages we understand that environment concerns and the need to reduce our carbon footprints are at the forefront of all our minds. That’s why we’re taking steps to help create a greener, cleaner Lake District for everyone’s future. From planting 4,000 trees across our Coniston Conservation Area and switching to eco-friendly cleaning produce and from car-sharing initiatives amongst our staff to the installation of EV charging points, we are making changes driven by the need to a create positive environmental impact

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UNESCO World Heritage Status #WeAreTheLakes Have you heard the news?! The Lake District has been awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status! World Heritage Status recognises the Lake District as a world renowned site of cultural interest. Seeing the area listed alongside the likes of the Taj Mahal, the Tower of London and the Great Barrier Reef (how very exciting). This fantastic achievement celebrates the distinctive topographical, cultural and scenic attributes of the area. An area which is not just a fixed location on a map, but a timeless evolving story shaped by the experiences of visitors and local people alike. Throughout…

A New Look For 2017 Firstly welcome to our new and improved website, we hope you like our new look! Back in the glorious spring months of 2016 we decided that our ‘then’ current website whilst perfectly functional was being left behind in the world of all things ‘tech’… As a long standing Lake District holiday lettings agency, our very first website was built way back in 1997 (a time when Tony Blair was Prime Minister, a cloned sheep named Dolly made the news and J.K Rowling released the very first Harry Potter book!). At this time we were one…