Coniston
Coniston is a town and also civil parish in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies in the southerly part of the Lake District National Park, between Coniston Water, the third lengthiest lake in the Lake District and also Coniston Old Man; concerning 25 miles (40 kilometres) north eastern of Barrow-in-Furness. Coniston is found on the western coast of the northern end of Coniston Water. It rests at the mouth of Coppermines Valley and Yewdale Beck, which come down from the Coniston Fells, historically the place of ore and slate mining. Coniston's location thus developed as a farming town as well as transportation center, serving these locations. Coniston was positioned in the very north-west of the historical county of Lancashire, with Coniston Old Man forming the county's acme. Today Coniston creates part of the Lake District National Park, the administrative area of Cumbria as well as the city government area of South Lakeland. Coniston becomes part of the selecting ward called Coniston as well as Crake Valley. The total population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,575.
