Back Wood

Back Wood is a forest in , , . Back Wood is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sleights railway station and St John’s Church, Sleights.

Railway station
Photo: Maniac Pony, CC BY 2.5.
Sleights is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated 2 miles 78 chains south-west of Whitby, serves the villages of and in , England.

Church
Photo: Nigelcoates, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St John's Church is an Anglican church in , a village in , in England. The mediaeval St John's Chapel, Sleights, was replaced by a new building, further down the hill, in 1767.

Church
Photo: Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's Church is the parish church of , a village near , in , in England. There was a Mediaeval chapel in Aislaby, which in 1732 was replaced by a church, a plain, rectangular building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitby and Sleights.

Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a picturesque town on the coast of . It was the home of Captain Cook, but is more famous as the place where Bram Stoker's Dracula landed in England.

Village
Photo: Nigelcoates, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , England. Located in the Esk Valley in the postal region of , the village is part of the civil parish of .

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish in the county of , England. According to the 2001 UK census, parish had a population of 48.

Back Wood

Latitude
54.4555° or 54° 27′ 20″ north
Longitude
-0.6908° or 0° 41′ 27″ west
Open location code
9C6XF845+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 108333256
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
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