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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sizergh and Kendal College.

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.

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.

Kendal Castle

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Kendal Castle is a medieval fortification to the east of the town of Kendal, Cumbria, in northern England. The castle, which is atop a glacial drumlin, was built in the 13th century as the Caput baroniae for the Barony of Kendal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kendal and Levens.

Kendal

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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.

Underbarrow

Village

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Underbarrow is a small village in Cumbria, England, located 3 miles west of Kendal. The village is in the Lake District National Park. It is in the civil parish of Underbarrow and Bradleyfield, in Westmorland and Furness district, and has a parish council.

Black Planting

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

54.3057° or 54° 18′ 21″ north

Longitude

-2.7772° or 2° 46′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C6V864F+74

OpenStreetMap ID

way 205210864

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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