Coniston Old Man, Swirl How And Wetherlam
Beautiful but hard walk up Coniston Old Man and round to Swirl How and Wetherlam.
We started this walk in Coniston parking in the sports complex. We took the path up out through Dixons Ground looping round to follow the river. The path up to Coniston Old Man is very clear but be wary of old mining debris such as cables that cut across the paths on the way up. The view down into Coniston from Low Water is stunning as is the view from the top...when the weather is clear.
We followed the path along the top to Swirl How and once their the path turns right and straight on to Wetherlam. There are a couple of paths to take from Wetherlam back down to Coniston, however we chose the one to middle and followed that down to the miners bridge and back down into Coniston.