Whasdike Wood

Whasdike Wood is a forest in Crook, Westmorland and Furness, England. Whasdike Wood is situated nearby to the locality High Fairbank, as well as near the village Ings.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Windermere railway station and Orrest Head.

Windermere railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Lomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Windermere railway station serves the town of Windermere, in Cumbria, England. It is the northern terminus of the Windermere Branch Line, which runs from Oxenholme.

Orrest Head

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is the subject of a chapter in Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, and the first fell he climbed.

Windermere Library

Library

Photo: edward mcmaihin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windermere and Bowness-on-Windermere.

Windermere is a town of 4,800 people in Cumbria. Tourism is popular in the town, owing to its proximity to the lake and local scenery. Boats from the piers in Bowness sail around the lake, many calling at Ambleside or at Lakeside where there is a restored railway.

Bowness-on-Windermere

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the South Lakes area of Lake District National Park. It sits on the shore of Windermere lake within the boundaries of the historic County of Westmorland. In 2011, it had about 3,800 permanent residents.

Staveley

Village

Photo: Richard Swales, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Staveley is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it is situated 4 miles northwest of Kendal where the River Kent is joined by its tributary the Gowan.

Whasdike Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Crook, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.3733° or 54° 22′ 24″ north

Longitude

-2.8683° or 2° 52′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C6V94FJ+8M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 162919847

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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