Broomclose Wood

Broomclose Wood is a forest in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Broomclose Wood is situated nearby to the locality Tailors How, as well as near Looking Stone.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Armboth Fell and High Seat.

Armboth Fell

Peak

Armboth Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, regarded by Alfred Wainwright as the centre of Lakeland. It is named for the former settlement of Armboth.

High Seat is a fell in the centre of the English Lake District. Despite being below 2,000 feet in elevation, it is the highest point for about three miles in any direction; a consequence of the curious fact that the centre of the district is lower than the surrounding parts.

High Tove

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

High Tove is a fell in the English Lake District, close to the geographical centre of the Cumbrian hills. It forms part of the watershed between the Derwentwater and Thirlmere catchments, a ridge running broadly north-south.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borrowdale and Legburthwaite.

Borrowdale

Photo: Steve Mason, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Borrowdale is a valley and civic parish in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. The valley caters to lowland visitors and hill-walkers with hotels, guesthouses, holiday cottages, bed and breakfasts, youth hostels and campsites.

Legburthwaite

Village

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Legburthwaite is a village in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria. It is located on the A591 road and the B5322 road. Legburthwaite has a disused place of worship and formerly, a youth hostel. It is just north of Thirlmere.

Watendlath

Hamlet

Watendlath is a hamlet and tarn in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, Watendlath is owned by the National Trust and sits high between the Borrowdale and Thirlmere valleys at 863 feet above sea level.

Broomclose Wood

Type: Forest
Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.5474° or 54° 32′ 51″ north

Longitude

-3.0775° or 3° 4′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C6RGWWF+X2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6792376604

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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