High Wood

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include School Knott Tarn and Staveley railway station.

School Knott Tarn

Lake

Photo: Andrew Gray, CC BY-SA 3.0.

School Knott Tarn is a lake.

Staveley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rob500, CC BY 3.0.

Staveley railway station serves the village of Staveley, in Cumbria, England. It is a stop on the Windermere Branch Line, which connects Oxenholme and Windermere.

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.

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.

High Wood

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

54.3673° or 54° 22′ 2″ north

Longitude

-2.8607° or 2° 51′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C6V948Q+WP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 162919867

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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