Coniston
Coniston is a village as well as civil parish in the Furness area of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies in the southern 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; concerning 25 miles (40 kilometres) north east of Barrow-in-Furness. Coniston is situated on the western coast of the northern end of Coniston Water. It rests at the mouth of Coppermines Valley as well as Yewdale Beck, which descend from the Coniston Fells, historically the area of ore as well as slate mining. Coniston's place thus established as a farming town and transport center, serving these locations. Coniston was situated in the very north-west of the historical county of Lancashire, with Coniston Old Man forming the county's acme. Today Coniston develops part of the Lake District National Park, the management region of Cumbria and the local government area of South Lakeland. Coniston is part of the selecting ward called Coniston as well as Crake Valley. The complete population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,575.
