Campbell's Grave
You can't visit Coniston without walking over to the cemetery to see world speed record holder Donald Campbell's grave.
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Campbell's Grave Details
Donald Campbell CBE was born in Horley, Surrey and was the son of Sir Malcolm Campbell, following in his father's footsteps by setting world speed records on both land and water. On July 23, 1955 at Ullswater, Cumbria, he became the first person to complete an officially timed run with a jet-propelled hydroplane, achieving a speed of 202.32 mph (325 kmph). On December 31, 1964, he beat this record at Dumbleyung Lake, Australia, with a speed of 276.33 mph (444.6 kmph). On July 17, 1964 he set a speed record on land with a jet-powered Class A land vehicle (4 wheels, but size is unlimited), with a speed of 403.1 mph (649 kmph), at Lake Eyre Salt Flats, Australia. Donald died in 1967 on Coniston Water, Cumbria whilst attempting to beat his own world record of 276 mph at a speed close to 320 mph on his return run (a run that was not planned) having reached 297 mph on the outward run. The Bluebird K7 which Donald Campbell used for this attempt was raised from the bottom of Coniston Water on March 8, 2001. The tail was surprisingly intact and remains very blue, but nothing remained of the cockpit. Donald Campbell's body was later recovered from the lake bed and buried here in the new Parish Cemetery on Hawkshead Old Road, Coniston. Grid Reference: SD 30378 97654 Address (near): Hawkshead Old Road, Coniston LA21 8ED, UK
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