Stirk Hey Wood

Stirk Hey Wood is a forest in Barnacre-with-Bonds, Wyre District, England. Stirk Hey Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Calder Vale, as well as near Oakenclough.

Places of Interest

Highlights include All Saints Church, Barnacre and Greenhalgh Castle.

All Saints Church, Barnacre

Church

All Saints Church is in Delph Lane, Barnacre-with-Bonds, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Garstang, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.

Greenhalgh Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Greenhalgh Castle is a castle, now ruined, near the town of Garstang in Lancashire, England. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, had the castle built in 1490 to provide defence for his estates around Garstang.

Hazelhurst Fell

Peak

Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hazelhurst Fell is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garstang and Calder Vale.

Garstang

Town

Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is 10 miles north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster.

Calder Vale

Hamlet

Photo: Brian Houghton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Calder Vale is an English village, located on the edge of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire. It lies on the River Calder in a deep valley with only a single cul-de-sac providing vehicular access.

Oakenclough

Hamlet

Photo: Brian Houghton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oakenclough is an English hamlet located on the edge of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire. Oakenclough is a small and scattered community, which appears to have developed largely as a result of a paper mill being sited here to make use of the water power available from the swiftly flowing River Calder.

Stirk Hey Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Barnacre-with-Bonds, Wyre District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.909° or 53° 54′ 33″ north

Longitude

-2.7088° or 2° 42′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C5VW75R+JF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 750953576

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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