Ward’s Stone
Ward's Stone is the highest hill in the Forest of Bowland, England. Its flat top hides two trig points nearly a kilometre apart. The western trig point sits atop of large rocks, including one, the Ward's Stone, that is so large it attracts boulderers and climbers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Gruar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grit Fell.
Grit Fell
Peak
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grit Fell is a lonely hill between Clougha Pike and Ward's Stone in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, England. Covered by heather and large bogs, it is difficult walking country.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbeystead and Quernmore.
Abbeystead
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abbeystead is a small hamlet located in the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in Lancashire, England. Abbeystead lies close to the Trough of Bowland but even in medieval times, was considered part of Wyresdale rather than within the domain of that powerful local magnate, the Lord of Bowland, so-called Lord of the Fells.
Quernmore
Village
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quernmore is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. It is located about 3 miles east of Lancaster. The parish of Quernmore had a population of 532 recorded in the 2001 census, increasing to 567 at the 2011 Census.
Farleton
Hamlet
Photo: SIMON PHILLIPS, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Farleton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hornby-with-Farleton, in the Lancaster district, in the county of Lancashire, England. Farleton lies in the north of the county just to the south of the main A683 road, some 8½ miles northeast of Lancaster. Farleton is situated 5 miles north of Ward’s Stone.
Ward’s Stone
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,847 feet
- Description: mountain in the United Kingdom
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Caton-with-Littledale, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.02303° or 54° 1′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.62433° or 2° 37′ 28″ westElevation
1,847 feet (563 metres)Open location code
9C6V29FG+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 11280711003OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Ward’s Stone” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ward’s Stone”
- German: “Ward’s Stone”
- Ladin: “Ward’s Stone”
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