South Thackwood

South Thackwood is a forest in Hesket, Westmorland and Furness, England. South Thackwood is situated nearby to the hamlet Mellgaurds, as well as near the village Southwaite.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Southwaite Services.

St Mary’s Church

Church

Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary's Church, Wreay is the Church of England parish church of Wreay in Cumbria. It was designed by Sara Losh in about 1835 and built between 1840 and 1842.

Southwaite services is a motorway service station, between junctions 41 and 42 of the M6 motorway near Southwaite, Cumbria, England.< It is about 7 miles south of Carlisle, within the civil parish of Hesket It is operated by Moto.

High Head Castle

Ruins

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High Head Castle is a large fortified manor house in the English county of Cumbria located between Carlisle and Penrith. The house is now largely a ruin with the exterior walls and certain foundations surviving for the majority of the building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wreay and Low Hesket.

Wreay

Village

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Wreay is a village in the civil parish of St Cuthbert Without, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies on the River Petteril, and the M6 motorway, A6 trunk road and West Coast Main Line railway all skirt the village.

Low Hesket

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Low Hesket is a village in the English county of Cumbria but was traditionally in the historic county of Cumberland. Low Hesket is on the A6 road 8+1⁄2 miles south of Carlisle.