Coniston
Coniston is a village 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, in between Coniston Water, the third lengthiest lake in the Lake District as well as Coniston Old Man; regarding 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 also Yewdale Beck, which come down from the Coniston Fells, historically the area of ore and also slate mining. Coniston's place therefore developed as a farming town and transportation hub, offering these areas. Coniston was positioned in the really north-west of the historical county of Lancashire, with Coniston Old Man forming the county's acme. Today Coniston forms part of the Lake District National Park, the administrative area of Cumbria and the local government district of South Lakeland. Coniston becomes 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.
