Blengdale Forest

Blengdale Forest is a forest in Ponsonby, Cumberland, England. Blengdale Forest is situated nearby to the locality Bark Butts, as well as near Lowcray Bank.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gosforth Cross and Ponsonby Fell.

Gosforth Cross

Archaeological site

Photo: English Lakes, Public domain.

The Gosforth Cross is a tall, slender Viking High Cross, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD in St Mary's churchyard, Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria.

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.

Gosforth Hogback 1

Historic site

Photo: Brian Deegan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gosforth Hogback 1 is a historic site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nether Wasdale and Haile.

Nether Wasdale

Village

Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake.

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.

Santon Bridge

Village

Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Santon Bridge is a small village in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, at a bridge over the River Irt. The civil parish is called Irton with Santon. The population of this civil parish as at the 2011 census was 316.

Blengdale Forest

Type: Forest
Location: Ponsonby, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4432° or 54° 26′ 36″ north

Longitude

-3.406° or 3° 24′ 22″ west

Open location code

9C6RCHVV+7J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 148481692

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bark Butts and Lowcray Bank.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gait Kirk and Gosforth Hall Plantation.

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