Occupation Wood
Occupation Wood is a forest in Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Occupation Wood is situated nearby to the locality Near Belt, as well as near Maiden Castle.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dacre Castle and Dunmallet.
Dacre Castle
Castle
Photo: Geoff Gill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dacre Castle is a moated tower house in the village of Dacre, 4 miles south-west of Penrith, Cumbria, England. It was constructed in the mid-14th century, probably by Margaret Multon, against the background of the threat of Scottish invasion and raids, and was held in the Dacre family until the 17th century.
Dunmallet
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunmallet or Dunmallard Hill is a small hill in the English Lake District, near Pooley Bridge, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
St Andrew’s Church, Dacre
Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is in the village of Dacre, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Penrith, the archdeaconry of Penrith, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dacre and Stainton.
Dacre
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dacre is a small village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lake District National Park in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, but historically in the traditional county of Cumberland.
Stainton
Village
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainton is a village near the A66, in the parish of Dacre, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is a few miles away from the market town of Penrith.
Pooley Bridge
Village
Photo: Tony Peacock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pooley Bridge is a village in the Westmorland and Furness of the northwestern English county of Cumbria, within the traditional borders of Westmorland.
Occupation Wood
Latitude
54.6212° or 54° 37′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.8498° or 2° 50′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C6VJ5C2+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 332380233OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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