Tower Wood
Tower Wood is a locality in Cartmel Fell, Westmorland and Furness, England. Tower Wood is situated nearby to the locality Ghyll Head, as well as near the village Bowland Bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gummer’s How and Stott Park Bobbin Mill.
Gummer’s How
Peak
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gummer's How is a hill in the southern part of the Lake District, on the eastern shore of Windermere, near its southern end. How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, is a common local term for a hill or mound. Gummer’s How is situated 1½ miles south of Tower Wood.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill
Museum
Photo: Keith Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill is a 19th-century bobbin mill and now a working museum located near Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England. Built in 1835, the mill was one of over 65 buildings in the Lake District which provided wooden bobbins to the weaving and spinning industry, primarily in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Stott Park Bobbin Mill is situated 2 miles southwest of Tower Wood.
Windermere Motor Boat Racing Club
Sports venue
The Windermere Motor Boat Racing Club is a British boating club based at Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. The Club was founded in 1925 and is the oldest motor boat racing club in the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowland Bridge and Storrs.
Bowland Bridge
Village
Photo: Michael Cannell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowland Bridge is a village in Cumbria, England. Bowland Bridge is situated 2 miles southeast of Tower Wood.
Storrs
Hamlet
Storrs is a hamlet in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district of the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Storrs is situated 2 miles north of Tower Wood.
Lakeside
Hamlet
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lakeside is a village in Newby Bridge at the south end of Windermere, England. Now in the county of Cumbria, before county reorganisation of 1974 it was in Lancashire, as part of the region known as Furness. Lakeside is situated 2½ miles south of Tower Wood.
Tower Wood
- Type: Locality
- Location: Cartmel Fell, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.31051° or 54° 18′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.93921° or 2° 56′ 21″ westElevation
374 feet (114 metres)Open location code
9C6V8366+68GeoNames ID
12261889
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