Scalderskew Wood

Scalderskew Wood is a forest in St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, England. Scalderskew Wood is situated nearby to the locality Stords, as well as near Wheel Fell.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cold Fell and Ponsonby Fell.

Cold Fell

Peak

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cold Fell is a hill in the west of the English Lake District. It is easily climbed from the road between Ennerdale Bridge and Calder Bridge. This road is in fact known as Cold Fell Road and is used by many Sellafield employees living in Cockermouth.

Ponsonby Fell

Peak

Ponsonby Fell is a hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Gosforth, in Cumberland, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Lank Rigg

Peak

Photo: Xapbpoh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lank Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the south of Ennerdale in the Western Fells. A sprawling hill with gentle grassy slopes it can be climbed from various points on the Coldfell road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haile and Wilton.

Haile

Village

Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Haile is a small village and civil parish in Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 617 at the 2011 census. Nearby settlements include the town of Egremont and the villages of Thornhill and Beckermet.

Wilton

Hamlet

Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wilton is a hamlet in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the small town of Egremont. In 1870-72 it had a population of 253.

Calder Bridge

Village

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Calder Bridge is a small village in Cumbria in England. It is located between the hamlets of Gosforth and Beckermet and lies on the River Calder. It is around 1 mile northeast from the Sellafield nuclear plant—Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956.

Scalderskew Wood

Type: Forest
Location: St. Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4648° or 54° 27′ 53″ north

Longitude

-3.4145° or 3° 24′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C6RFH7P+W6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 142506534

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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