Wood Heads

Wood Heads is a forest in Haverthwaite, Westmorland and Furness, England. Wood Heads is situated nearby to the hamlet High Brow Edge, as well as near the locality Low Brow Edge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bigland Tarn and Haverthwaite railway station.

Bigland Tarn

Lake

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bigland Tarn is a lake in Cumbria, England, about 3/4 mile southeast of Haverthwaite. Located at an elevation of 158 m, the lake has an area of 5.1 hectares and measures 325 m × 225 m.

Haverthwaite railway station

Railway station

Photo: bayphotographic, CC BY 2.0.

Haverthwaite railway station is the western terminus of the preserved Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway; it serves the village of Haverthwaite, in Cumbria, England.

Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway

The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway is a 3.2-mile-long heritage railway in Cumbria, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grange-over-Sands and Backbarrow.

Grange-over-Sands is also called the "Lakeland Riviera", since the influence of the Gulf Stream gives it an exceptionally mild climate. It was historically in Lancashire, but re-assigned to Cumbria in 1974.

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.

Cartmel

Village

Photo: Strider52, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cartmel is a village in Furness (traditionally "Lancashire-over-the-Sands", England, 2+1⁄4 miles northwest of Grange-over-Sands close to the River Eea.

Wood Heads

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

54.2347° or 54° 14′ 5″ north

Longitude

-2.9815° or 2° 58′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C6V62M9+VC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 136022441

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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