Coniston
Coniston is a town as well as 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, in between Coniston Water, the third lengthiest lake in the Lake District and also Coniston Old Man; about 25 miles (40 kilometres) north eastern of Barrow-in-Furness. Coniston is located on the western shore of the northern end of Coniston Water. It sits at the mouth of Coppermines Valley and Yewdale Beck, which come down from the Coniston Fells, traditionally the area of ore and slate mining. Coniston's area therefore created as a farming town as well as transportation hub, serving these locations. Coniston was positioned in the extremely 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 management region of Cumbria and the local government district of South Lakeland. Coniston is part of the selecting ward called Coniston and also Crake Valley. The overall population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,575.