Editing Coniston Water (section)

==Waterspeed record ==
[[Image:Coniston Watermap.jpg|thumb|right|An [[Ordnance Survey]] map of Coniston Water from 1925]]
In the 20th century Coniston Water was the scene of many attempts to break the world [[water speed record]]. On 19 August 1939 [[Malcolm Campbell|Sir Malcolm Campbell]] set the record at 141.74 miles per hour ({{convert|228.108|km/h|kn|disp=or|abbr=on}}) in ''[[Blue Bird K4]]''. Between 1956 and 1959 Sir Malcolm's son [[Donald Campbell]] set four successive records on the lake in ''[[Bluebird K7]]'', a [[Hydroplane (boat)|hydroplane]]; in 1967 he was killed just after achieving a speed of over 320 miles per hour ({{convert|515|km/h|kn|disp=or|abbr=on}}) in ''Bluebird K7'' in a record-breaking attempt.