Longside Wood
Longside Wood is a forest in Bassenthwaite, Cumberland, England. Longside Wood is situated nearby to the locality Dry Scale Gill, as well as near Hanging Stone.Places of Interest
Highlights include Skiddaw and Mirehouse.
Skiddaw
Peak
Photo: Antiquary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skiddaw is a mountain in the Lake District National Park in England. Its 931-metre summit is traditionally considered to be the fourth-highest peak but depending on what topographic prominence is thought to be significant is also variously ranked as the third- and the sixth-highest in England.
Mirehouse
Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mirehouse is a 17th-century house to the north of Keswick in Cumbria, at the foot of Dodd, near Bassenthwaite Lake and St Bega's Church, on the A591 road.
Dodd
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dodd is a small fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, four kilometres north-west of Keswick. It forms part of the Skiddaw range in the northern part of the national park and the slopes are heavily wooded.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keswick and Applethwaite.
Keswick
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Keswick is the northern tourist hub of the Lake District National Park and is a favourite base for serious walkers and climbers, artists and photographers, and anyone who enjoys mountain and lake scenery.
Applethwaite
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Applethwaite is a village in the foothills of Skiddaw near Keswick in the English Lake District. It is in the county of Cumbria, and forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw, which has a population of 282.
Thornthwaite
Village
Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is just off the A66 road, south of Bassenthwaite Lake and within the Lake District National Park.
Longside Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Bassenthwaite, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.6433° or 54° 38′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.1787° or 3° 10′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C6RJRVC+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 4861862188OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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