Scar Wood
Scar Wood is a forest in Colton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Scar Wood is situated nearby to the locality Long Tongue, as well as near the village Finsthwaite.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lakes Aquarium and Stott Park Bobbin Mill.
Lakes Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lakes Aquarium is an aquarium in the village of Lakeside on the southern shore of Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is one of the docking points of Windermere Lake Cruises and also at one end of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill
Museum
Photo: Keith Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill is a 19th-century bobbin mill and now a working museum located near Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England. Built in 1835, the mill was one of over 65 buildings in the Lake District which provided wooden bobbins to the weaving and spinning industry, primarily in Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Gummer’s How
Peak
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gummer's How is a hill in the southern part of the Lake District, on the eastern shore of Windermere, near its southern end. How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, is a common local term for a hill or mound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Satterthwaite and Cartmel Fell.
Satterthwaite
Village
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
Satterthwaite is a small village with around 50 dwellings situated in Grizedale, a valley in the Lake District, England, about four miles south of Hawkshead.
Cartmel Fell
Village
Photo: George Hopkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cartmel Fell is a hamlet and a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 309, increasing at the 2011 census to 329.
Lakeside
Hamlet
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lakeside is a village in Newby Bridge at the south end of Windermere, England. Now in the county of Cumbria, before county reorganisation of 1974 it was in Lancashire, as part of the region known as Furness.
Scar Wood
Latitude
54.2966° or 54° 17′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.9668° or 2° 58′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C6V72WM+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 166262042OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forestOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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