Coniston
Coniston is a town and also civil parish in the Furness area 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; concerning 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 rests at the mouth of Coppermines Valley and also Yewdale Beck, which come down from the Coniston Fells, historically the location of ore and also slate mining. Coniston's place thus created as a farming town as well as transport hub, offering these locations. Coniston was situated in the extremely north-west of the historic county of Lancashire, with Coniston Old Man developing the region's highest point. Today Coniston develops part of the Lake District National Park, the administrative region of Cumbria as well as the city government area of South Lakeland. Coniston is part of the electoral ward called Coniston and also Crake Valley. The complete population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,575.
