London Wood
London Wood is a forest in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness, England. London Wood is situated nearby to the suburb Kirkbarrow, as well as near Helsington.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kendal Castle and Kendal railway station.
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.
Kendal railway station
Railway station
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Kendal railway station serves the market town of Kendal, in Cumbria, England. It is a stop on the Windermere branch line, which runs between Oxenholme and Windermere.
Alavana
Archaeological site
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burneside and Skelsmergh.
Burneside
Village
Photo: Ryan Postlethwaite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burneside is a small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is located to the north of Kendal and to the south east of Staveley, on the River Kent, just upstream from the confluence of the River Sprint.
Skelsmergh
Hamlet
Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skelsmergh is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg, in Westmorland and Furness in rural Cumbria, England, about 4 miles north of Kendal, on the A6 road.
Oxenholme
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxenholme is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness area of Cumbria, England. It is in the historic county of Westmorland and is part of the civil parish of Kendal, and lies just to the south east of the town.
London Wood
Latitude
54.3197° or 54° 19′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.7604° or 2° 45′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C6V869Q+VROpenStreetMap ID
way 205211715OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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