Holmcrag Wood

Holmcrag Wood is a forest in Ousby, Westmorland and Furness, England. Holmcrag Wood is situated nearby to the village Melmerby, as well as near Ousby.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Church of St Luke.

Church of St Luke

Church

Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Meg

Archaeological site

Photo: Tumulus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Little Meg is a small circle of large kerb stones which probably surrounded a Bronze Age kerb cairn. It is close to the village of Langwathby to the north-east of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria and is 650 metres north-east of the more famous stone circle of Long Meg and Her Daughters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melmerby and Glassonby.

Melmerby

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Melmerby is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It is a small village with a population of around 200. The village is 9 miles to the east of Penrith, which is a thriving community with immediate access to Junction 40 of the M6 motorway and a main-line railway station serving London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Glassonby

Village

Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glassonby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden Valley, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It lies about 3 miles south south east of Kirkoswald.

Skirwith

Village

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Skirwith is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Culgaith, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England.

Holmcrag Wood

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

54.7229° or 54° 43′ 23″ north

Longitude

-2.597° or 2° 35′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C6VPCF3+55

OpenStreetMap ID

way 205743974

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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