Jelly babies!! Fed to you at four feed stations along the route washed down with refreshing water and maybe a quick swig of an energy drink.

You will be transported with other excited swimmers from the Event HQ Car Park to the Start and then again from the Finish to the Event HQ Car Park to collect all your goodies after a great swim.

Want some company on the 5.25 miles? Swim Safety will look after you the entire way, professionally guiding you along the stunning route and making sure you are back in time to receive your age group prize (for wetsuits and non-wetsuits).

The extremely coveted Chillswim Coniston hoody AND a swim cap and just to end the day perfectly, a medal to flash all over social.

Free Parking on the day of your swim, no need to cling on to that fiver for months.

Level Water will ensure you are training in style with a Level Water swim cap, you’ll be the envy of your local pool. Keep an eye out for more goodies along the way to celebrate all your fundraising.

The route starts at the south of the lake and finishes at the north end next to Monk Coniston Car Park. After the first mile swimmers will keep within approximately 50 metres of the shore and event mile marker buoys and support watercraft will direct swimmers.

You must wear a swim tow-float/dry bag for this event. Please note that the entry fee does not include a tow-float, you can purchase one at point of entry or if you require one after entering please CLICK HERE

There will be four boat-based feed stations along the route near to the shore roughly every mile of the swim with water, energy drink and jelly babies.

Here are a few tips on how the event flows and what to expect:

Arrive at Event HQ either the evening before or the morning of the swim and we’ll give you your race pack with swim hat, timing chip, and wrist band for your allocated bus shuttle time.

Wetsuit swimmers can get changed at Event HQ with baggage storage available.

Non wetsuit swimmers take their bag with them to the start, with baggage transport to the finish.

You board the bus according to your event start time (based on your predicted mile pace).

We have a large marquee at the start for shade (!) or rain and a relaxed atmosphere to prepare you for your full length of lake swim. A full event briefing is given to you at the start of the swim.

As you set off, water safety kayakers and support boats are there to look out for, and support, you.

Mile markers are positioned to help guide you down the lake with feed stations starting at mile 1.5.

You can stop for a drink at the feed stations or swim past and continue on your swim for the 5.25 miles.

At the finish, your medal is placed around your neck, a warm drink awaits and buses are on hand to shuttle you back to Event HQ.

Non wetsuit swimmers can change at the finish area and wetsuit swimmers can use the changing rooms and showers at Event HQ.

Although this event really is about taking part and completing the journey, Chill Swim have prizes for the fastest in each age group for both wetsuit and non-wetsuit swimmers.

The entry system asks for your mile pace, so put down what you think it is and you can always change it closer to the time. Many people tend to underestimate their mile swim time or add a slower mile time to ‘play it safe’. This creates problems as you will be swimming with a group and the water safety team cannot separate for individual swimmers. In simple terms, if you add a time which is too slow for your ability, you will be asked by the water safety team to slow down on the day and your finish time will be affected.

Swimmers will arrive at the finish between around midday and 3pm and prize giving will be held as soon as possible after the last swimmer is out of the water, back at the event HQ

Competitors must be a minimum of 16 years old on the day of the event. There is no upper age limit.

We have a cut-off swim time of 65 minutes per mile, so with the staggered starts we expect the last swimmer will be out of the water by approx. 2.30 pm. With the sweep boat making sure that everyone is out of the water by 3pm, which is normally plenty of time for even the most relaxed swimmers taking in the view and having a chat!

Registration will be open on Friday evening from 1730 – 2030hrs, and on Saturday morning from 0700hrs, to allow the early swimmers chance to register on either day.

If you and your friend swim at the same speed and you have added the same estimated pace into the registration system, then you will be placed in the same start group. However, we recommend that you don’t try to compromise your own pace to swim with a friend. We have found that inevitably one person is faster than the other, which can be frustrating for you and cause the faster swimmer to get cold waiting for the other swimmer.