Coniston
Coniston is a village and also civil parish in the Furness area of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is located in the southern part of the Lake District National Park, in between Coniston Water, the 3rd longest lake in the Lake District as well as Coniston Old Man; concerning 25 miles (40 km) north east of Barrow-in-Furness. Coniston is located on the western shore of the north end of Coniston Water. It rests at the mouth of Coppermines Valley and Yewdale Beck, which descend from the Coniston Fells, historically the area of ore as well as slate mining. Coniston's location therefore created as a farming village and also transportation center, serving these areas. Coniston was positioned in the really north-west of the historical region of Lancashire, with Coniston Old Man forming the area's highest point. Today Coniston forms part of the Lake District National Park, the administrative area 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 overall population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,575.