High Wood
High Wood is a forest in Cartmel Fell, Westmorland and Furness, England. High Wood is situated nearby to the locality Oakhead, as well as near High Mill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Blackwell and Belle Isle.
Blackwell
Photo: GavinJA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blackwell is a large house in the English Lake District, designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Baillie Scott. It was built in 1898–1900, as a holiday home for Sir Edward Holt, a wealthy Manchester brewer.
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.
Brant Fell
Peak
Brant Fell is a hill in the English Lake District, near Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Windermere.
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.
Windermere
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Near and Far Sawrey
Village
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Near Sawrey and Far Sawrey are two neighbouring villages in the Furness area of Cumbria, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, both are located in the Lake District between the village of Hawkshead and the lake of Windermere.
High Wood
Latitude
54.337° or 54° 20′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.9159° or 2° 54′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C6V83PM+QMOpenStreetMap ID
way 167113302OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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