Belle Grange Coppice

Belle Grange Coppice is a forest in Cumbria, North West England, England. Belle Grange Coppice is situated nearby to the locality Rigg Intake, as well as near Round Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Belle Isle and Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories.

Belle Isle

Islet

Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belle Isle is the largest of 18 islands on Windermere, a mere in the English Lake District, and the only one ever to have been inhabited. It is 1 km in length.

Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories

Museum

Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories is a museum on the eastern shore of Windermere between Bowness-on-Windermere and the town of Windermere in Cumbria, England. It reopened in March 2019 after 12 years' closure and redevelopment work.

Claife Heights

Peak

Photo: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Claife Heights is an upland area in the Lake District, near to Windermere in Cumbria, England. It has a topographic prominence of 177 metres so is classified as a Marilyn.

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.