Charity Wood
Charity Wood is a forest in Camblesforth, Selby District, England. Charity Wood is situated nearby to the locality Camblesforth Common, as well as near the hamlet Hagg Bush.Places of Interest
Highlights include Drax Power Station and Carlton Towers.
Drax Power Station
Power station
Photo: David Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drax power station is a large biomass power station in Drax, North Yorkshire, England. It has a 2.6 GW capacity for biomass and had a 1.29 GW capacity for coal that was retired in 2021.
Carlton Towers
Photo: Drew Bates, CC BY 2.0.
Carlton Towers in the civil parish of Carlton, 5 miles south-east of Selby, North Yorkshire, England, is a Grade I listed country house, in the Gothic Revival style, and is surrounded by a 250-acre park.
St Mary’s Anglican Church, Carlton
Church
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Carlton, a village near Selby in North Yorkshire, in England. The first church in Carlton was a wooden chapel of ease to St Laurence's Church, Snaith, built in 1379.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Selby and Snaith.
Selby
Photo: Michael Beckwith, CC BY 2.0.
Selby is a market town in North Yorkshire 14 miles south of York, with a population in 2024 of 20,000. Its main attraction is the abbey, with a stained glass window depicting the original "Stars and Stripes".
Snaith
Town
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snaith is a market town in the civil parish of Snaith and Cowick in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Snaith is administered by the East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority and, since the 2024 general election, forms part of the Goole and Pocklington constituency.
Burn
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burn is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 3 miles south of Selby and 14 miles south of York. The village is mainly situated around the main A19 road.
Charity Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Camblesforth, Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.7336° or 53° 44′ 1″ northLongitude
-1.0481° or 1° 2′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C5WPXM2+CQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1443581311OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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