Light Wood

Light Wood is a forest in Eckington, North East Derbyshire, England. Light Wood is situated nearby to the village Marsh Lane, as well as near Middle Handley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coal Aston and St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Eckington.

Coal Aston

Aerodrome

Photo: TSRL, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coal Aston Airfield also known as Apperknowle Airstrip, is a general aviation airfield located in the village Apperknowle, Derbyshire, 5.8 mi south of Sheffield.

St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Eckington

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Peter and St Paul's Church, Eckington is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Eckington, Derbyshire.

St John the Evangelist Church, Ridgeway

Church

Photo: Andrew Loughran, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St John the Evangelist Church is a grade II listed Church of England church situated at Ridgeway, within the parish of Eckington, Derbyshire, England. The church opened in 1840, having cost £2,000 to build.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eckington and Dronfield.

Eckington

Town

Photo: Andrew Loughran, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eckington is a town and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England. It is 7 miles northeast of Chesterfield and 9 miles southeast of Sheffield, on the border with South Yorkshire.

Dronfield

Town

Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dronfield is a town in North East Derbyshire, England, which includes Dronfield Woodhouse and Coal Aston. It lies in the valley of the River Drone between Chesterfield and Sheffield.

Brimington

Village

Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brimington is a large village and civil parish in the Borough of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 8,788.

Light Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Eckington, North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.3019° or 53° 18′ 7″ north

Longitude

-1.3922° or 1° 23′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C5W8J25+Q4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 32688244

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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