Wood Head

Wood Head is a forest in Allithwaite and Cartmel, Westmorland and Furness, England. Wood Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Beckside, as well as near the locality Well Knowe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bigland Tarn and Holker Hall.

Bigland Tarn

Lake

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bigland Tarn is a lake in Cumbria, England, about 3/4 mile southeast of Haverthwaite. Located at an elevation of 158 m, the lake has an area of 5.1 hectares and measures 325 m × 225 m.

Holker Hall

Manor estate

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holker Hall is a privately owned country house located about 2 km to the south-west of the village of Cartmel in the ceremonial county of Cumbria and historic county of Lancashire, England.

Cartmel Racecourse is a small national hunt racecourse in the village of Cartmel, now in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, historically in Lancashire. Until 1969, the two day Whitsun meeting was Cartmel's only fixture, when an August Bank Holiday Monday meeting was introduced.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grange-over-Sands and Cartmel.

Grange-over-Sands

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grange-over-Sands is also called the "Lakeland Riviera", since the influence of the Gulf Stream gives it an exceptionally mild climate. It was historically in Lancashire, but re-assigned to Cumbria in 1974.

Cartmel

Village

Photo: Strider52, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cartmel is a village in Furness (traditionally "Lancashire-over-the-Sands", England, 2+1⁄4 miles northwest of Grange-over-Sands close to the River Eea.

Backbarrow

Village

Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Backbarrow is a village in the Lake District National Park in England. It lies on the River Leven about 5 miles northeast of Ulverston in Furness in the county of Cumbria.

Wood Head

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

54.2178° or 54° 13′ 4″ north

Longitude

-2.9877° or 2° 59′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C6V6296+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 375575482

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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