Jeffy Knotts Wood

Jeffy Knotts Wood is a forest in Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, England. Jeffy Knotts Wood is situated nearby to the locality Nanny Brow, as well as near Brunt How.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Galava Roman Fort and Stagshaw Garden.

Galava Roman Fort

Archaeological site

Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ambleside Roman Fort is the modern name given to the remains of a fort of the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins have been tentatively identified as those of either Galava or Clanoventa, mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.

Stagshaw Garden

Garden

Photo: Ben Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stagshaw Garden is a woodland garden situated south of Ambleside, in Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The garden is noted for its shrubs, including rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.

Rydal Mount

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rydal Mount is a house in the small village of Rydal, near Ambleside in the English Lake District. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1813 to his death in 1850, and his sister, the author, poet, and diarist Dorothy Wordsworth, until her death in 1855.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ambleside and Grasmere.