Little Thorphinsty Wood

Little Thorphinsty Wood is a forest in Cartmel Fell, Westmorland and Furness, England. Little Thorphinsty Wood is situated nearby to the locality Kit Crag, as well as near Low Foxfield Allotment.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Simpson Ground Reservoir and St Anthony’s Church.

Simpson Ground Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Simpson Ground Reservoir is a reservoir in Cumbria, England, near the southeastern end of Windermere. It is located within a Forestry Commission conifer plantation, to the east of Staveley-in-Cartmel and provides fresh water supply for Grange-Over-Sands and the Haweswater aqueduct to Barrow.

St Anthony’s Church

Church

Photo: George Hopkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Anthony's Church, is in the village of Cartmel Fell, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.

Gummer’s How

Peak

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gummer's How is a hill in the southern part of the Lake District, on the eastern shore of Windermere, near its southern end. How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, is a common local term for a hill or mound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Witherslack and Lakeside.

Witherslack

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Witherslack is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the south of Cumbria, England.

Lakeside

Hamlet

Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lakeside is a village in Newby Bridge at the south end of Windermere, England. Now in the county of Cumbria, before county reorganisation of 1974 it was in Lancashire, as part of the region known as Furness.