Great Wood

Great Wood is a forest in Staveley-in-Cartmel, Westmorland and Furness, England. Great Wood is situated nearby to the locality Whinny Knott, as well as near Ludderburn Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gummer’s How and St Anthony’s Church.

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.

St Anthony’s Church

Church

Photo: George Hopkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Anthony's Church, is in the village of Cartmel Fell, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.

Lakes Aquarium

Public aquarium

Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Lakes Aquarium is an aquarium in the village of Lakeside on the southern shore of Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is one of the docking points of Windermere Lake Cruises and also at one end of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cartmel Fell and Lakeside.

Cartmel Fell

Village

Photo: George Hopkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cartmel Fell is a hamlet and a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 309, increasing at the 2011 census to 329.

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.