Crooked Wood

Crooked Wood is in County Laois, Leinster. Crooked Wood is situated nearby to the forest The Bower, as well as near Birchfield Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbeyleix House.

Abbeyleix House

House

Photo: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abbeyleix House, sometimes called Abbeyleix Castle, is an Irish country house that was the residence of the Viscounts de Vesci in County Laois, Ireland. Abbeyleix House is situated 2½ km east of Crooked Wood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballacolla and Abbeyleix.

Ballacolla

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballacolla, officially Ballycolla, is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It sits at the crossroads of the R433 and R434 regional roads, 8 km southwest of Abbeyleix and 4 km northeast of junction 3 of the M8 motorway. Ballacolla is situated 3½ km southwest of Crooked Wood.

Abbeyleix

Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY 3.0.

Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois in the midlands of Ireland, with a population of 1770 in 2016. The abbey was Cistercian, founded in 1183 in the valley of the River Nore, and the original settlement grew up around it.

Durrow

Town

Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY 3.0.

Durrow is a village located in south-east County Laois, Ireland. Bypassed by the M8 motorway on 28 May 2010, the village is located on the R639 road at its junction with the N77. Durrow is situated 6 km south of Crooked Wood.

Crooked Wood

Type: Shrubland
Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.89913° or 52° 53′ 57″ north

Longitude

-7.40632° or 7° 24′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C4JVHXV+MF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 239979947

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=scrub

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Highlights include The Bower and Shanahoe GAA.

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