Bluebird K7 at The Ruskin Museum

The Bluebird Car and Coach Park is situated adjacent to The Ruskin Museum in Coniston.

The museum is home to Donald Campbell’s record breaking Bluebird K7 Jet Hydroplane. In Bluebird K7, Campbell set no less than 7 world speed records between 1955 and 1967.

On 4 January 1967, whilst making a bid for his eighth water speed record, during which he aimed to achieve over 300 miles per hour, a tragic accident claimed the life of Campbell, and Bluebird K7 was lost to the dark depths of Coniston Water.

Here Bluebird remained until she was found and eventually recovered in 2007.

After painstaking restoration by The Bluebird Project, she eventually returned to Coniston in 2024 where she now takes pride of place in the specially built Bluebird Wing of The Ruskin Museum.

The museum is open all year round for visitors. The Bluebird Car and Coach Park provides bookable coach parking for groups wishing to visit the museum as well as reliable parking for those arriving in Coniston by car. To find out more about The Ruskin Museum and Bluebird K7, please visit their website.

For more information please call our Coniston office on 015394 41765