Alston

Summary

Alston is a town^[1]. Alston ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (178 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alston is located in Alston Moor^[3].
• Alston is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Alston's image is recorded as Market Cross, Alston, Cumbria (2005).jpg^[5].
• Alston's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Alston's instance of is recorded as market town^[7].
• Alston's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 156403697^[8].
• Alston's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2001047577^[9].
• Alston's postal code is recorded as CA9^[10].
• Alston's Commons category is recorded as Alston, Cumbria^[11].
• Alston's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[12].
• Alston's local dialing code is recorded as 01434^[13].
• Alston's OS grid reference is recorded as NY716462^[14].
• Alston's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.81, 'lon': -2.441}^[15].
• Alston's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022j71^[16].
• Alston's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alston, Cumbria^[17].
• Alston's page banner is recorded as Alston Wikivoyage Banner.jpg^[18].
• Alston's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Alston/^[19].
• Alston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1128'}^[20].
• Alston's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Alston's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• Alston's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Alston's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2657427^[24].
• Alston's BBC Things ID is recorded as b63d5733-ca9e-488d-afbd-046ca9cc3386^[25].
• Alston's UN/LOCODE is recorded as GBALS^[26].
• Alston's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+300'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Alston is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Alston is located in Alston Moor^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Alston's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+300'}^[27]. Alston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1128'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6] and market town^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Alston include alstonite^[28], a mineral species^[29].

Why It Matters

Alston ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (178 views/month).^[2] Alston has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30]

Entities named for Alston include alstonite^[28], a mineral species^[29].