Skellands Strip

Skellands Strip is a forest in Lowther, Westmorland and Furness, England. Skellands Strip is situated nearby to the village Newtown, as well as near the locality Jack Croft.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lowther Castle and Clifton Hall.

Lowther Castle

Photo: Burtonsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lowther Castle is a ruined country house in Lowther, Cumbria, England. The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages.

Clifton Hall was a fortified manor house in the village of Clifton, Cumbria. Dating from around 1400, it was constructed by either Elianor Engaine or her son-in-law William Wybergh, and was held by the Wybergh family until the 19th century.

Church of St Michael, Lowther

Church

Photo: Adie Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penrith and Great Strickland.

Penrith

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Penrith is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is less than 3 miles outside the Lake District National Park and about 17 miles south of Carlisle.

Great Strickland

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Strickland is a village and civil parish in the Eden Valley between the Cumbrian mountains in the west and the Pennines in the east. It is 5 miles south east of Penrith, and is in the former county of Westmorland.

Helton

Village

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Helton is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.

Skellands Strip

Type: Forest
Location: Lowther, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.613° or 54° 36′ 47″ north

Longitude

-2.73° or 2° 43′ 48″ west

Open location code

9C6VJ779+6X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1312778387

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Newtown and Jack Croft.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Carterhow Wood and Newtown Paddocks.

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