Bleathwaite Old Wood

Bleathwaite Old Wood is a forest in Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, England. Bleathwaite Old Wood is situated near the locality Bleathwaite Pasture, as well as near Long Haws.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Brantwood and Ruskin Museum.

Brantwood

Museum

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Brantwood is a historic house museum in Cumbria, England, overlooking Coniston Water. It has been the home to a number of prominent individuals. The house and grounds are administered by a charitable trust, the house serving as a museum dedicated to John Ruskin, one of its final owners.

Ruskin Museum

Museum

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Ruskin Museum is a small local museum in Coniston, Cumbria, northern England. It was established in 1901 by W. G. Collingwood, an artist and antiquarian who had worked as secretary to art critic John Ruskin.

Old Man of Coniston

Peak

Photo: John H Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Old Man of Coniston is a fell in the Furness Fells of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, and is the highest point of the historic county of Lancashire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hawkshead and Satterthwaite.

Hawkshead

Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hawkshead is a picturesque village in Lake District National Park. It is the smallest true town in Britain.

Satterthwaite

Village

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

Satterthwaite is a small village with around 50 dwellings situated in Grizedale, a valley in the Lake District, England, about four miles south of Hawkshead.