High Wood

High Wood is a forest in Nether Staveley, Westmorland and Furness, England. High Wood is situated nearby to the village Staveley, as well as near the locality Ravenscar Plantation.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Staveley railway station and Potter Tarn.

Staveley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rob500, CC BY 3.0.

Staveley railway station serves the village of Staveley, in Cumbria, England. It is a stop on the Windermere Branch Line, which connects Oxenholme and Windermere.

Potter Tarn

Reservoir

Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Potter Tarn is a reservoir.

Ghyll Pond

Reservoir

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ghyll Pond is a reservoir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kendal and Staveley.

Kendal, in Cumbria, is a market town of 29,000 inhabitants. It describes itself as "The Gateway to the Lakes". Kendal is a picturesque, moderate sized town with plenty of shopping and surprisingly little tourist activity.

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.

Burneside

Village

Photo: Ryan Postlethwaite, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Burneside is a small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is located to the north of Kendal and to the south east of Staveley, on the River Kent, just upstream from the confluence of the River Sprint.

High Wood

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

54.3801° or 54° 22′ 49″ north

Longitude

-2.7999° or 2° 47′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C6V96J2+33

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6700191210

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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