Furnace Wood
Furnace Wood is a forest in Broughton West, Westmorland and Furness, England. Furnace Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Duddon Bridge, as well as near the locality Glade Haw.Places of Interest
Highlights include Swinside and St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Broughton-in-Furness.
Swinside
Archaeological site
Photo: MIGORMCZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swinside, which is also known as Sunkenkirk and Swineshead, is a stone circle lying beside Swinside Fell, part of Black Combe in southern Cumbria, North West England.
St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Broughton-in-Furness
Church
Photo: Nick George, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary Magdalene's Church is in Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Duddon furnace
Ruins
Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Duddon furnace is a surviving charcoal-fuelled blast furnace near Broughton-in-Furness in Cumbria. It is on the west side of the River Duddon in the parish of Millom and formerly in Cumberland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broughton-in-Furness and Ulpha.
Broughton-in-Furness
Town
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broughton in Furness is a market town in the civil parish of Broughton West in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 529 at the 2011 Census.
Ulpha
Village
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ulpha is a small village and civil parish in the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it forms part of the Cumberland unitary authority area.
Broughton Mills
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broughton Mills is a village in Cumbria, England, located 2 miles from the larger town of Broughton-in-Furness. The village consists of about 40 households, a phonebox, church and a pub called the Blacksmiths Arms.
Furnace Wood
Latitude
54.2871° or 54° 17′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.2393° or 3° 14′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C6R7QP6+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 173180845OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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