Tickets for Park and Ride at Bluebird K7 – The festival (11-17 May), which celebrates Donald Campbell and his legendary hydroplane, are now available.
The festival, which has been months in the planning, will see Bluebird running each day on Coniston Water subject to weather conditions.
Between 1955 and 1964 Donald Campbell broke the outright World Water Speed Record on seven separate occasions in Bluebird K7, four of them on Coniston Water in Cumbria. On 4th January 1967 Campbell made his final run in Bluebird intending to push his existing World Water Speed record from 276 mph to 300 mph on Coniston Water. But tragically, he died in the attempt.
Tracy Hodgson, Director of the Ruskin Museum, said: “Bluebird K7 will be on display and launched at The Coniston Boating Centre. We are using park and ride to mitigate any congestion through Coniston and surrounding villages. It will make it easier for people to travel to the festival grounds during the festival week. There will be no parking at the boating centre, where K7 will be displayed and launched. Public parking in Coniston will be very limited. Local people still have to get to work and out of the village to appointments. Please help us keep the village clear by using the Park and Ride Scheme. For the safety of all visitors the end of Lake Road (just after the bridge) will be pedestrianised.”
Visitors will drive to their designated car park and then board the bus; they will need to show their ticket on the bus. The bus will take them into the centre of Coniston (next to The Ruskin Museum) and they then have the option to walk down to the Boating Centre or there will be a shuttle bus available which will be payable on the day. There will be traffic management in place throughout the event, and visitors must follow the signs on their approach.
Bluebird K7 will be piloted by Australian Dave Warby, son of Water Speed World Record holder, Ken Warby MBE. The second pilot will be RAF pilot Flight Lt David-John Gibbs from Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Park and Ride tickets are £10 per person per day and under 5’s free. They are £50 per person for a 7-day ticket.
