Kings Wood

Kings Wood is a locality in Above Derwent, Cumberland, England. Kings Wood is situated nearby to the locality Woodend Brow, as well as near the hamlet Beck Wythop.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barf and Mirehouse.

Barf

Peak

Barf is a fell in the north-western Lake District in Cumbria, UK. It stands on the south-western shore of Bassenthwaite Lake. Barf is well known for a whitewashed pillar of rock on the lower slopes, the so-called "Bishop's Rock" or "Bishop of Barf".

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.

Lord’s Seat

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lord's Seat is a fell in the English Lake District. It is the highest of the group of hills north of Whinlatter Pass in the North Western Fells. The slopes of Lord's Seat are extensively forested.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Crosthwaite and Thornthwaite.

Little Crosthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Crosthwaite is a hamlet in the Cumberland district in the English county of Cumbria. It forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw. Little Crosthwaite is located on the A591 road on the eastern shore of the Bassenthwaite Lake between Keswick and Bassenthwaite.

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.

Routenbeck

Locality

Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Routenbeck is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located at the northern foot of Sale Fell, near the north-west edge of Bassenthwaite Lake. Routenbeck is just over 2 miles south-west of the village of Bassenthwaite and 5 miles east of the town of Cockermouth. Routenbeck is situated 2 miles northwest of Kings Wood.

Kings Wood

Type: Locality
Location: Above Derwent, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.63903° or 54° 38′ 21″ north

Longitude

-3.21504° or 3° 12′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C6RJQQM+JX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4861862422

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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