Black Planting
Black Planting is a forest in Helsington, Westmorland and Furness, England. Black Planting is situated nearby to the locality Helsington Barrows, as well as near Bradley Field.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sizergh and Alavana.
Sizergh
Castle
Photo: Ian Knox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sizergh Castle is a stately home with garden and estate at Helsington in Cumbria, England, about 4 miles south of Kendal. Located in historic Westmorland, the castle is a Grade I listed building.
Alavana
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alavana was a name tentatively applied to the ruins of a Roman fort at Watercrook about 2 mi south of Kendal in Cumbria, for which the Roman name Medibogdo is a perfect fit to its river-bend position.
Kendal College
College
Kendal College is a further education college situated in Kendal on the edge of the Lake District National Park. The college provides a range of training and education programmes, including Further Education, Higher Education and training courses to support local employers, as well as more diverse work such as hospitality consultancy for Cambridge University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kendal and Levens.
Kendal
Photo: Heinonlein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kendal, in Cumbria, is a market town of 29,000 inhabitants. It describes itself as "The Gateway to the Lakes". Kendal is a picturesque, moderate sized town with plenty of shopping and surprisingly little tourist activity.
Levens
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Levens is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. It lies within the historic county of Westmorland. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,007, increasing at the 2011 census to 1,049.
Oxenholme
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxenholme is a village in England just south of the town of Kendal, with which it has begun to merge. It is best known for Oxenholme Lake District railway station on the West Coast Main Line.
Black Planting
Latitude
54.3057° or 54° 18′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.7772° or 2° 46′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C6V864F+74OpenStreetMap ID
way 205210864OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Helsington Barrows and Bradley Field.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Warriner’s Wood and High Wood.
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