Heaning Wood

Heaning Wood is a forest in Urswick, Westmorland and Furness, England. Heaning Wood is situated nearby to the village Great Urswick, as well as near Little Urswick.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Birkrigg stone circle and St Mary and St Michael’s Church, Great Urswick.

Birkrigg stone circle

Archaeological site

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The Birkrigg stone circle is a Bronze Age stone circle on Birkrigg Common, two miles south of Ulverston in the English county of Cumbria.

St Mary and St Michael’s Church, Great Urswick

Church

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St Mary and St Michael's Church is in the village of Great Urswick, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.

Church of St Peter

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ulverston and Dalton-in-Furness.

Ulverston

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Ulverston is a small market town in Cumbria, United Kingdom. With a population of 13,000, Ulverston isn't a huge tourist attraction for the area, although its proximity to the Lake District makes it a quaint stop-over for visitors planning to explore more of Cumbria.

Dalton-in-Furness

Town

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Dalton-in-Furness is a town in the Westmorland and Furness district, in Cumbria, England, 4 miles north east of Barrow-in-Furness. Along with the rest of the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire.