Great Wood
Great Wood is a forest in Staveley-in-Cartmel, Westmorland and Furness, England. Great Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Canny Hill, as well as near Newby Bridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lakes Aquarium and Stott Park Bobbin Mill.
Lakes Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lakes Aquarium is an aquarium in the village of Lakeside on the southern shore of Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is one of the docking points of Windermere Lake Cruises and also at one end of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill
Museum
Photo: Keith Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill is a 19th-century bobbin mill and now a working museum located near Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England. Built in 1835, the mill was one of over 65 buildings in the Lake District which provided wooden bobbins to the weaving and spinning industry, primarily in Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Fell Foot Park
Park
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fell Foot Park is a country park situated at the southern end of Windermere in Cumbria, the largest lake in England. It is north of Newby Bridge in the civil parish of Staveley-in-Cartmel, in Westmorland and Furness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Backbarrow and Bouth.
Backbarrow
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Backbarrow is a village in the Lake District National Park in England. It lies on the River Leven about 5 miles northeast of Ulverston in Furness in the county of Cumbria.
Bouth
Village
Photo: Ian Barker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bouth is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically, it was part of the county of Lancashire. It is within the Lake District National Park.
Lakeside
Hamlet
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lakeside is a village in Newby Bridge at the south end of Windermere, England. Now in the county of Cumbria, before county reorganisation of 1974 it was in Lancashire, as part of the region known as Furness.
Great Wood
Latitude
54.2655° or 54° 15′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.973° or 2° 58′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C6V728G+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 112051735OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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