Long Wood
Long Wood is a forest in Over Wyresdale, Lancaster, England. Long Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Abbeystead, as well as near Ortner.Places of Interest
Highlights include Christ Church and St Mark’s Church.
Christ Church
Church
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Christ Church, Over Wyresdale, stands in an isolated position to the west of the village of Abbeystead, Lancashire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
St Mark’s Church
Church
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St Mark's Church is in the village of Dolphinholme, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.
Hawthornthwaite Fell
Peak
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Hawthornthwaite Fell is one of the larger hills in the Forest of Bowland in the north west of England. Hawthornthwaite Fell marks the extreme western limit of the West Riding of the historic county of York.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbeystead and Quernmore.
Abbeystead
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abbeystead is a small hamlet located in the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in Lancashire, England. Abbeystead lies close to the Trough of Bowland but even in medieval times, was considered part of Wyresdale rather than within the domain of that powerful local magnate, the Lord of Bowland, so-called Lord of the Fells.
Quernmore
Village
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quernmore is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. It is located about 3 miles east of Lancaster. The parish of Quernmore had a population of 532 recorded in the 2001 census, increasing to 567 at the 2011 Census.
Ellel
Village
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Ellel is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. It had a population of 4,644 in 2021, 4,895 in 2011, up from 2,521 in 2001 The parish includes the villages of Bay Horse, Galgate and Hampson Green, and part of Dolphinholme.
Long Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Over Wyresdale, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.9799° or 53° 58′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.6917° or 2° 41′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C5VX8H5+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1239700754OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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