Yewbarrow Wood

Yewbarrow Wood is a forest in Longsleddale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Yewbarrow Wood is situated nearby to the locality Capplebarrow Crag, as well as near Wad’s Howe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Potter Fell and Skeggles Water.

Potter Fell

Peak

Photo: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Potter Fell is a fell near the villages of Burneside and Staveley, Cumbria, England, reaching a maximum height of 1,400 feet at Brunt Knott. Alfred Wainwright in his The Outlying Fells of Lakeland identifies four summits on Potter Fell: Brunt Knott, Ulgraves and two unnamed summits, all of which are thus recognised by the Database of British and Irish Hills.

Skeggles Water

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Potter Tarn

Reservoir

Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Potter Tarn is a reservoir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kentmere and Staveley.

Kentmere

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Kentmere is a valley, village and civil parish in the Lake District National Park, a few miles from Kendal in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.

Staveley

Village

Photo: Richard Swales, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Staveley is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it is situated 4 miles northwest of Kendal where the River Kent is joined by its tributary the Gowan.

Selside

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Selside is a small village in rural Cumbria, England, about 6 miles north of Kendal, close to the A6 road. It is now in the civil parish of Selside and Fawcett Forest, though it was formerly in the parish of Kendal.

Yewbarrow Wood

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

54.4193° or 54° 25′ 9″ north

Longitude

-2.7645° or 2° 45′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C6VC69P+P6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5006689396

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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