Great Wood

Great Wood is a forest in , , . Great Wood is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Dore and St Winnow’s Church, St Winnow.

Archaeological site
— or Castle Dôr — is an Iron Age hill fort near in , in the located at grid reference SX103548. It was probably occupied from the 5th or 4th centuries BC until the 1st century BC.

Church
Photo: Keithpoole, Public domain.
St Winnow's Church, St Winnow is a Grade I listed parish church in , , . The present building dates primarily from the 15th century, incorporating earlier Norman fabric, and includes a west tower and south aisle added in the later Middle Ages.

Historic building
is a historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fowey and Par.

is a small fishing town on the coast of South Cornwall, situated at the mouth of the river . It is set on the west side of a steep valley, so be prepared for much walking up and down.

is in South Cornwall. A village and fishing port at the edge of Sands between and and half a mile from Twywardreath village and nearby to the hamlet of Polmear, at the bottom of Polmear Hill.

Town
Bodmin a small town of around 15,000 people in the middle of to the south west of . It was the major religious and administrative centre for Cornwall throughout the Middle Ages from the late Saxon period onwards.

Great Wood

Latitude
50.3769° or 50° 22′ 37″ north
Longitude
-4.6375° or 4° 38′ 15″ west
Operator
Forestry Commision
Open location code
9C2Q99G6+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 163641400
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
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