Coniston
Coniston is a town and also civil parish in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is located in the southerly part of the Lake District National Park, between Coniston Water, the 3rd lengthiest lake in the Lake District as well as Coniston Old Man; regarding 25 miles (40 km) north east of Barrow-in-Furness. Coniston is found on the western shore of the northern end of Coniston Water. It rests at the mouth of Coppermines Valley and Yewdale Beck, which descend from the Coniston Fells, historically the location of ore and also slate mining. Coniston's place hence created as a farming town and transport hub, offering these areas. Coniston was situated in the very north-west of the historic area of Lancashire, with Coniston Old Man forming the region's acme. Today Coniston develops part of the Lake District National Park, the administrative area of Cumbria as well as the local government district of South Lakeland. Coniston is part of the selecting ward called Coniston as well as Crake Valley. The complete population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,575.
