Bank Wood

Bank Wood is a forest in Hesket, Westmorland and Furness, England. Bank Wood is situated nearby to the locality Brackenburgh, as well as near Plumpton Street.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hutton in the Forest and Voreda Roman Fort.

Hutton in the Forest

Photo: Mdbeckwith, CC BY 3.0.

Hutton in the Forest is a Grade I listed country house near the village of Skelton in the historic county of Cumberland, which now forms part of the modern county of Cumbria, England.

Voreda Roman Fort

Archaeological site

Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Voreda Roman Fort is an archaeological site.

All Saints Church

Church

Photo: Hannah Bentley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plumpton and Skelton.

Plumpton

Village

Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plumpton or Plumpton Wall is a small village and former civil parish, in the parish of Hesket, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the traditional and historic county of Cumberland but now in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.

Skelton

Village

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

Skelton is a small village and civil parish about 7 miles north west of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria. It is on the former route of the B5305 road, which is now about 1 mile to the north.

Calthwaite

Village

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

Calthwaite is a small village in rural Cumbria, England, situated between the small market town of Penrith and the larger city of Carlisle. It is within of the civil parish of Hesket and the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness, but historically part of the traditional county of Cumberland.

Bank Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Hesket, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.7374° or 54° 44′ 15″ north

Longitude

-2.8209° or 2° 49′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C6VP5PH+XJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 343437544

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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