Coniston
Coniston is a village and also civil parish in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies in the southern part of the Lake District National Park, in between Coniston Water, the 3rd lengthiest lake in the Lake District and also Coniston Old Man; concerning 25 miles (40 km) north eastern of Barrow-in-Furness. Coniston is located on the western coast of the northern end of Coniston Water. It sits at the mouth of Coppermines Valley and Yewdale Beck, which descend from the Coniston Fells, traditionally the location of ore and slate mining. Coniston's place hence established as a farming town and transportation hub, serving these locations. Coniston was situated in the extremely north-west of the historic area of Lancashire, with Coniston Old Man forming the region's highest point. Today Coniston develops part of the Lake District National Park, the management region of Cumbria and also the local government area of South Lakeland. Coniston becomes part of the electoral ward called Coniston and also Crake Valley. The overall population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,575.