Horse Wood
Horse Wood is a forest in Gwennap, Cornwall, England. Horse Wood is situated nearby to the village Gwennap, as well as near Comford.Places of Interest
Highlights include Carn Marth and Gwennap Pit.
Carn Marth
Peak
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carn Marth is the name of a hill in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, near Redruth. It is 235 m high, and is well known for the granite quarried from it in the past. The name of the hill comes from the Cornish language words karn and margh, meaning 'horse'.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Redruth and St Day.
Redruth
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Redruth is a town in North Cornwall. The town also has a long history of tin mining and is the home of Rodda's, a dairy that is the largest producer of Cornish clotted cream.
St Day
Village
Ponsanooth
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ponsanooth is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about four miles southeast of Redruth and two and a half miles northwest of Penryn on the A393 road Redruth to Falmouth road.
Horse Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Gwennap, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.2216° or 50° 13′ 18″ northLongitude
-5.1741° or 5° 10′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C2P6RCG+J8OpenStreetMap ID
way 202580054OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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