A copper mine backed by Queen Elizabeth I has applied for conservation funding. Plans to preserve the Coniston workings in Cumbria have passed the first stage of a bid for over £400,000 from the ...

Coniston workings cover 57 hectares (140 acres) of land above Coniston Water A £450,000 Heritage Lottery grant has helped secure the future of a 400-year-old copper mine in Cumbria. The Coniston ...

Coniston workings cover 57 hectares (140 acres) above Coniston Water A copper mine backed by Queen Elizabeth I has applied for conservation funding. Plans to preserve the Coniston workings in ...

At its peak in the 19th Century the mines employed 600 people, swelling Coniston's population to three times what it is today. But in 1954 Coniston's copper boom ended.

Rescuers were called to investigate a lamb that was suspected to fallen 50m down a Lake District mine shaft on Saturday (June 22). Coniston Mountain Rescue Team were originally called to ...