Coniston
Coniston is a village as well as 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, in between Coniston Water, the third 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 coast of the northern end of Coniston Water. It sits at the mouth of Coppermines Valley as well as Yewdale Beck, which come down from the Coniston Fells, traditionally the location of ore as well as slate mining. Coniston's place therefore developed as a farming town and transport center, serving these locations. Coniston was positioned in the extremely north-west of the historic area of Lancashire, with Coniston Old Man creating the region's highest point. Today Coniston develops part of the Lake District National Park, the administrative region of Cumbria and also the city government district of South Lakeland. Coniston belongs to the electoral ward called Coniston as well as Crake Valley. The complete population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,575.