Black wood

Black wood is a forest in Skelton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Black wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Unthank End, as well as near the locality Roughbottom.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hutton in the Forest and Blencow Methodist Chapel.

Hutton in the Forest

Photo: Mdbeckwith, CC BY 3.0.

Hutton in the Forest is a Grade I listed country house near the village of Skelton in the historic county of Cumberland, which now forms part of the modern county of Cumbria, England.

Blencow Methodist Chapel

Church

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blencow Methodist Chapel is a church.

Church of St Michael

Church

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skelton and Greystoke.

Skelton

Village

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

Skelton is a small village and civil parish about 7 miles north west of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria. It is on the former route of the B5305 road, which is now about 1 mile to the north.

Greystoke

Village

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Greystoke is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England, about 4 miles west of Penrith. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 642, increasing marginally to 654 at the 2011 Census.

Blencow

Village

Photo: Ulrich Hartmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blencow or Blencowe is a small village near Penrith, Cumbria, England. It is divided by the River Petteril into Great Blencow to the south and Little Blencow to the north.

Black wood

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

54.7074° or 54° 42′ 27″ north

Longitude

-2.8323° or 2° 49′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C6VP549+X3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5144953726

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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