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Coniston
Coniston is a village and civil parish in the Furness region 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 3rd lengthiest lake in the Lake District and Coniston Old Man; regarding 25 miles (40 km) north eastern of Barrow-in-Furness. Coniston is situated on the western shore of the north end of Coniston Water. It sits at the mouth of Coppermines Valley and also Yewdale Beck, which descend from the Coniston Fells, traditionally the location of ore and also slate mining. Coniston's location thus created as a farming town and transport center, serving these areas. Coniston was situated in the very north-west of the historical county of Lancashire, with Coniston Old Man developing the county's acme. Today Coniston forms part of the Lake District National Park, the management region of Cumbria as well as the local government district of South Lakeland. Coniston becomes part of the selecting ward called Coniston and also Crake Valley. The complete population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,575.