Lastest Bluebird News – Date of Bluebird Return now annoucned
UPDATE: 4TH MARCH 2024
The Ruskin Museum has now officially announced that Bluebird K7 is returning to Coniston on Saturday 9th March 2024.
Timings at the moment are estimated as a lot will depend on the collection in North Shields but it is anticipated that she should be back in Coniston around 4pm
The route being taken is:
A1058, joining the A167M to A69
A69 to M6 at Junction 43
Leaving M6 at Junction 36
A590 to Greenodd
A5092 to Lowick Green
A5084 to Torver
A593 to Coniston.
Bluebird is expected to arrive in Coniston around 4pm on Saturday (9th) with the public invited to witness this long-awaited and historic moment. Join us in Coniston village for this momentous occasion.
Please be aware due to Health and Safety, the Museum will be closed to the public and no one will be permitted inside the paddock where K7 will be unloaded.
There will be no parking at the Museum or on Coppermines Road (the road behind the museum)
Please use the designated car parks at John Ruskin School, The Boating Centre, Ruskin Avenue, Old Furness Road or the Sports and Social Club.
The Ruskin Museum will then be closed while Bluebird K7 is installed and will reopen to the public on Tuesday 19th March.
It will then be open every day from 10am with last entry 4.30pm.
BOOK YOUR STAY IN CONISTON VILLAGE
ORIGINAL POST 12TH FEBRUARY 2024
On Friday 9th February 2024 The Ruskin Museum made the exciting announcement that Donald Campbell’s Bluebird K7 will finally be returning to Coniston.
The legendary world record breaking Jet Hydroplane will take its permanent and rightful position in the specially designed and constructed Bluebird Wing of The Ruskin Museum, right here in the centre of Coniston village.
Bluebird K7 is synonymous with Donald Campbell CBE. After breaking 4 world speed records, in January 1967, Campbell tragically lost his life on Coniston Water attempting his 5th world record.
Laying on Coniston Water lakebed for 34 years, Bluebird was eventually recovered in 2001 and restored to its former glory.
Gifted to the museum by the Campbell family, this iconic piece of Lakeland history can now be shared with everyone. Open to the public, the dedicated Bluebird wing of the museum will now have Bluebird herself taking pride of place. Full of memorabilia, interactive displays and fascinating insights, the Ruskin Museum will be a must place to visit in Coniston, the wider Lake District and the area as a whole.
Plus, if you are buying tickets at The Ruskin Museum with gift aid, you can pay once and return at other times in the year free of charge!
The Ruskin Museum will issue further details on exactly when Bluebird will be making her return once they have established a timetable for moving the boat to Coniston.
It is hoped however, that Bluebird will return to Coniston sometime during March 2024, in time for Easter.
It fills us with immense pride to have supported the cause to bring Bluebird home and we hope that many of you will be able to come and see her in her new forever home.
Once released by the museum, The Coppermines Lakes Cottages will publish the timeline here on our website, and on our social media pages, so you can be part of this historic event.
So if you want to be a part of this momentous occasion, you can book your stay in Coniston village here, and join in the celebrations to welcome Bluebird home.
