Side Wood

Side Wood is a forest in St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, England. Side Wood is situated nearby to the locality Caple Crag, as well as near Farthwaite.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cold Fell and Ponsonby Fell.

Cold Fell

Peak

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cold Fell is a hill in the west of the English Lake District. It is easily climbed from the road between Ennerdale Bridge and Calder Bridge. This road is in fact known as Cold Fell Road and is used by many Sellafield employees living in Cockermouth.

Ponsonby Fell

Peak

Ponsonby Fell is a hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Gosforth, in Cumberland, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Calder Abbey

Ruins

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

Calder Abbey in Cumbria was a Savigniac monastery founded in 1134 by Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester, and moved to this site following a refoundation in 1142. It became Cistercian in 1148. It is near the village of Calderbridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Egremont and Haile.

Egremont

Town

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Egremont is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, five miles south of Whitehaven and on the River Ehen.

Haile

Village

Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Haile is a small village and civil parish in Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 617 at the 2011 census. Nearby settlements include the town of Egremont and the villages of Thornhill and Beckermet.

Wilton

Hamlet

Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wilton is a hamlet in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the small town of Egremont. In 1870-72 it had a population of 253.

Side Wood

Type: Forest
Location: St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4736° or 54° 28′ 25″ north

Longitude

-3.4458° or 3° 26′ 45″ west

Open location code

9C6RFHF3+CM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4897559521

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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