Birkett’s Plantation

Birkett’s Plantation is a forest in Irton with Santon, Cumberland, England. Birkett’s Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Square Covert, as well as near Parknook.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gosforth Cross and Irton Cross.

Gosforth Cross

Archaeological site

Photo: English Lakes, Public domain.

The Gosforth Cross is a tall, slender Viking High Cross, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD in St Mary's churchyard, Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria.

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.

Drigg railway station

Railway station

Photo: William Barker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Drigg is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 31 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Drigg and Holmrook in Cumbria.

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.

Drigg

Village

Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Drigg is a village on the coast of the Irish Sea in the Cumberland district of the county of Cumbria, England. It borders the Lake District National Park. Next to the village is the site of the UK's low-level radioactive waste storage facility.

Birkett’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

54.3998° or 54° 23′ 59″ north

Longitude

-3.4143° or 3° 24′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C6R9HXP+W7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 322890746

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Square Covert and Parknook.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Moorside Wood and Parker’s Plantation.

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