Weightman’s Wood

Weightman’s Wood is a forest in Underskiddaw, Cumberland, England. Weightman’s Wood is situated near the locality Low Briery, as well as near Forge Brow.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Derwent Pencil Museum and Alhambra Cinema Keswick.

Derwent Pencil Museum

Museum

Photo: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Derwent Pencil Museum is a museum dedicated to the manufacturing and history of pencils, located in Keswick, in the north-west of England.

Alhambra Cinema Keswick

Movie theater

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alhambra Cinema Keswick is a movie theater.

Keswick Museum

Museum

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Keswick Museum is a local museum based in Keswick in the English Lake District, which exhibits aspects of the landscape, history and culture of the area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Keswick and Castlerigg stone circle.

Keswick is the northern tourist hub of the Lake District National Park and is a favourite base for serious walkers and climbers, artists and photographers, and anyone who enjoys mountain and lake scenery.

Castlerigg stone circle

Locality

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castlerigg stone circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. In this period, the Lake District – a mountainous area in which Castlerigg is located – saw particularly high levels of Neolithic stone circle construction, with other similar examples including Swinside, Gamelands, Elva Plain, and Long Meg and Her Daughters.

Threlkeld

Village

Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland.

Weightman’s Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Underskiddaw, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.61° or 54° 36′ 36″ north

Longitude

-3.1102° or 3° 6′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C6RJV5Q+XW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8302359890

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Low Briery and Forge Brow.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Low Briery Holiday Site and Brundholme Wood.

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Worth a closer look: Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness.

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