Parker’s Plantation

Parker’s Plantation is a forest in Irton with Santon, Cumberland, England. Parker’s Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Parknook, as well as near Hall Flatt.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gosforth Cross and Irton Cross.

Gosforth Cross

Archaeological site

Photo: English Lakes, Public domain.

The Gosforth Cross is a large stone monument in St Mary's churchyard at Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD.

Irton Cross

Archaeological site

Photo: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Irton Cross is an Anglo-Saxon cross in the graveyard of St Paul's Church, in the parish of Irton with Santon, Cumbria, England. Dating from the early 9th century, it lies chronologically between the Bewcastle Cross and the Gosforth cross and has greater affinity with the earlier Anglo-Roman style of Bewcastle.

Gosforth Hogback 2

Historic site

Photo: Brian Deegan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gosforth Hogback 2 is a historic site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seascale and Eskdale Green.

Seascale

Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Seascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.

Eskdale Green

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Eskdale Green is a small village in Cumbria at one end of the Eskdale Valley. The hamlet of Boot has an old corn mill in the heart but wander south away from the mill to find the little old church by the river.

Holmrook

Village

Photo: P stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria. It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt. The B5344 road connects it to Drigg, with its railway station less than two miles to the west.

Parker’s Plantation

Type: Forest
Location: Irton with Santon, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4029° or 54° 24′ 10″ north

Longitude

-3.4105° or 3° 24′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C6RCH3Q+5R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 322890745

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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