Backhows Wood
Backhows Wood is a forest in Buttermere, Cumberland, England. Backhows Wood is situated nearby to the locality Tindle Crag, as well as near Scale Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Whiteside and Grasmoor.
Whiteside
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whiteside is a fell in the north-western area of the English Lake District. It stands at the western end of the Grisedale Pike- Hopegill Head ridge overlooking Crummock Water.
Grasmoor
Peak
Photo: K A, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grasmoor is a mountain in the north-western part of the Lake District, northern England. It is the highest peak in a group of hills between the villages of Lorton, Braithwaite and Buttermere, and overlooks Crummock Water.
Low Fell
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Low Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It overlooks the lake of Loweswater to the south and to the north is bordered by its neighbour Fellbarrow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lorton and Brackenthwaite.
Lorton
Village
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lorton is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The village is in two parts: Low Lorton and High Lorton, with the parish church of St Cuthbert standing between them.
Brackenthwaite
Hamlet
Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brackenthwaite is a hamlet in the parish of Buttermere, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated some 6 miles south of Cockermouth. It lies within the Lake District National Park.
Thackthwaite
Hamlet
Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thackthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England, from which hikers can climb Low Fell and Fellbarrow. The place-name contains thwaite. A second place called Thackthwaite is located just to the north of Little Mell Fell, at.
Backhows Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Buttermere, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.5838° or 54° 35′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.3136° or 3° 18′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C6RHMMP+GGOpenStreetMap ID
node 5293317113OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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