Brantwood

Brantwood is a historic house museum in Cumbria, England, overlooking Coniston Water. It has been the home to a number of prominent individuals. The house and grounds are administered by a charitable trust, the house serving as a museum dedicated to John Ruskin, one of its final owners.

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Email: enquiries@brantwood.org.uk
Type: Museum
Description: historic house museum, United Kingdom
Address: East of Lake, Coniston, LA21 8AD
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lawson Park and Coniston Hall.

Lawson Park

Arts center

Photo: Karenguthrie, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lawson Park is a remote English Lake District hillfarm, leased by Grizedale Arts from Forestry England. It is situated opposite the village of Coniston overlooking Coniston Water, behind Brantwood. Lawson Park is situated 2,900 feet southeast of Brantwood.

Coniston Hall

Building

Photo: Mari Buckley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coniston Hall is a former house on the west bank of Coniston Water in the English Lake District. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. Coniston Hall is situated 3,100 feet northwest of Brantwood.

Carron Crag

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Carron Crag is a small fell in Grizedale Forest in the English Lake District with a height of 314 metres. Adjacent to the trig point is a large panopticon sculpture, one of over 70 in the forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grizedale and Hawkshead Hill.

Grizedale

Hamlet

Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grizedale is a hamlet in the Lake District of North West England, in the middle of the Grizedale Forest, located north of Satterthwaite and south of Hawkshead. Grizedale is situated 1½ miles southeast of Brantwood.

Hawkshead Hill

Hamlet

Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hawkshead Hill is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the Lake District National Park. Hawkshead Hill is situated 2½ miles northeast of Brantwood.

Roger Ground

Hamlet

Photo: flipflopnick, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Roger Ground is a hamlet just south of the village of Hawkshead, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. Roger Ground is situated 2½ miles northeast of Brantwood.

Brantwood

Categories: historic house museum, English country house, independent museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.35354° or 54° 21′ 13″ north

Longitude

-3.05911° or 3° 3′ 33″ west

Operator

The Brantwood Trust

Open location code

9C6R9W3R+C9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 401487138

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

Wikidata ID

Q4957701

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