Alston
Alston is a town in Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor on the River South Tyne. It shares the title of the 'highest market town in England', at about 1,000 feet (300 m) over water level, with Buxton, Derbyshire. Regardless of going to such an elevation and in a remote place, the town is quickly available by means of the many roads which link the community to Weardale valley, Teesdale, Hartside Pass (and towns in Cumbria such as Penrith) as well as the Tyne valley. Historically part of Cumberland, Alston exists within the North Pennines, an assigned Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty as well as is bordered by attractive views of the surrounding fells as well as the South Tyne Valley. Much of the community centre is a marked Conservation Area which includes several provided buildings. The population census figures show that at its peak during 1831 the populace of the church of Alston Moor was 6,858 people. Today that figure is about 1,200. The population of the community of Alston was 1,128 according to the 2001 Census. [citation needed] The community has its very own web site which is an outcome of the Cybermoor Project (cybermoor.org), which has brought the Net to practically every home on Alston Moor, and also broadband to lots of. This permitted people with little or no education and learning access to on-line courses and training. The issue of the area's family member remoteness contrasted to various other areas of England was fixed by using IEEE 802.11 modern technology to build the network infrastructure.
