Colkield Wood

Colkield Wood is a forest in Allithwaite and Cartmel, Westmorland and Furness, England. Colkield Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Beckside, as well as near Wood Broughton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bigland Tarn and Haverthwaite railway station.

Bigland Tarn

Lake

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bigland Tarn is a lake in Cumbria, England, about 3/4 mile southeast of Haverthwaite. Located at an elevation of 158 m, the lake has an area of 5.1 hectares and measures 325 m × 225 m.

Haverthwaite railway station

Railway station

Photo: bayphotographic, CC BY 2.0.

Haverthwaite railway station is the western terminus of the preserved Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway; it serves the village of Haverthwaite, in Cumbria, England.

Holker Hall

Manor estate

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Holker Hall is a privately owned country house located about 2 km to the south-west of the village of Cartmel in the ceremonial county of Cumbria and historic county of Lancashire, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grange-over-Sands and Haverthwaite.

Grange-over-Sands is also called the "Lakeland Riviera", since the influence of the Gulf Stream gives it an exceptionally mild climate. It was historically in Lancashire, but re-assigned to Cumbria in 1974.

Haverthwaite

Village

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Haverthwaite is a small village and civil parish in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. It is also within the boundaries of the Lake District National Park.

Cartmel

Village

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Cartmel is a village in Westmorland and Furness, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, 2+1⁄4 miles northwest of Grange-over-Sands and close to the River Eea.

Colkield Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Allithwaite and Cartmel, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.2211° or 54° 13′ 16″ north

Longitude

-2.9855° or 2° 59′ 8″ west

Open location code

9C6V62C7+CR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 199547434

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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