Lob’s Wood

Lob’s Wood is a forest in Dacre, Westmorland and Furness, England. Lob’s Wood is situated nearby to the locality East Park, as well as near the hamlet Barton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dacre Castle and Dalemain.

Dacre Castle

Castle

Photo: Geoff Gill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dacre Castle is a moated tower house in the village of Dacre, 4 miles south-west of Penrith, Cumbria, England. It was constructed in the mid-14th century, probably by Margaret Multon, against the background of the threat of Scottish invasion and raids, and was held in the Dacre family until the 17th century.

Dalemain

Photo: Geoff Gill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dalemain is a country house around five miles southwest of Penrith in Cumbria, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Dalemain sits within the Lake District National Park.

Dunmallet

Peak

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dunmallet or Dunmallard Hill is a small hill in the English Lake District, near Pooley Bridge, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penrith and Stainton.

Penrith

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Penrith is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is less than 3 miles outside the Lake District National Park and about 17 miles south of Carlisle.

Stainton

Village

Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stainton is a village near the A66, in the parish of Dacre, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is a few miles away from the market town of Penrith.

Dacre

Village

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dacre is a small village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lake District National Park in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, but historically in the traditional county of Cumberland.

Lob’s Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Dacre, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.6347° or 54° 38′ 5″ north

Longitude

-2.8144° or 2° 48′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C6VJ5MP+V6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14017060991

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as East Park and Barton.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Knot Garden and Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry Museum.

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