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 longest lake in the Lake District as well as Coniston Old Man; about 25 miles (40 kilometres) north east of Barrow-in-Furness. Coniston is situated 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 area of ore and also slate mining. Coniston's place hence established as a farming town as well as transport hub, serving these locations. Coniston was positioned in the extremely north-west of the historic county of Lancashire, with Coniston Old Man forming the area's highest point. Today Coniston forms part of the Lake District National Park, the administrative county of Cumbria and the city government district of South Lakeland. Coniston becomes part of the electoral ward called Coniston as well as Crake Valley. The complete population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,575.
