Many roads lead to Monk Coniston so basically when you arrive at Coniston Village, you want to be on the B5285 unless you came from the south via the unclassified that runs along the entire length of Coniston. As you travel along the B5285, watch for the Hawkshead / Windermere signed route. Takes this and the lake WILL BE on your right (Media Photo a) shows what you'll see. - follow this but watch for where it turns with the lake and then goes off to the left. Don't go left with the road, take the right turn and stay with the lake - you will now come up on the Monk Coniston car park on your right.

It's a pay and display parking area. Plenty of spaces.

This is another peaceful place away from the bustling village of Coniston, although just a mile or so away. Park benches are numerous where family or friends can watch the ferries come and go or indeed go for a cruise.
A 20 metre walk from the pay and display car park and you are in with an easy entry suitable for the disabled divers too.

This is the shallowest of all the dive sites on Coniston. Offering a gradual shelving away of the lakebed as you head out. You'll reach ten metres . . . eventually.
Once again perch are in evidence. Again, the lakebed is made of silt which during night time becomes the hunting ground for those trout and perch.

None to report, however there is a jetty for the Coniston ferries further along (Photo Media b) and you will come close to this. Coniston ferries run in and out from there so be sure to have the SMB in tow just in case. Having informed the Head boatman will ensure that the ferry captain knows you are out and about in this neck of the woods.

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