Black Wood
Black Wood is a forest in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Black Wood is situated nearby to the suburb Bowerham, as well as near Scotforth.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lancaster Castle and Lancaster Railway Station.
Lancaster Castle
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its early history is unclear, but it may have been founded in the 11th century on the site of a Roman fort overlooking a crossing of the River Lune.
Lancaster Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lancaster railway station serves the city of Lancaster, in Lancashire, England. It is one of the principal stations on the West Coast Main Line, located 20 miles 78 chains north of Preston.
Ashton Memorial
Photo: Mark Longair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ashton Memorial is a folly in Williamson Park, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, built between 1907 and 1909 by the millionaire industrialist Lord Ashton in memory of his second wife, Jessy, at a cost of £87,000.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ellel and Quernmore.
Ellel
Village
Photo: Dave Collier, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ellel is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. It had a population of 4,644 in 2021, 4,895 in 2011, up from 2,521 in 2001 The parish includes the villages of Bay Horse, Galgate and Hampson Green, and part of Dolphinholme.
Quernmore
Village
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quernmore is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. It is located about 3 miles east of Lancaster. The parish of Quernmore had a population of 532 recorded in the 2001 census, increasing to 567 at the 2011 Census.
Torrisholme
Suburb
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torrisholme is a suburb of Morecambe, Lancashire, on the North West coast of England. In the 2001 census, the Torrisholme Ward had a population of 6,758 living in 3,118 households, decreasing marginally to 6,755 at the 2011 Census.
Black Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.0347° or 54° 2′ 5″ northLongitude
-2.7815° or 2° 46′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C6V26M9+V9OpenStreetMap ID
way 363894723OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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