Birk Wood
Birk Wood is a forest in Sitlington, Wakefield, England. Birk Wood is situated nearby to the village Overton, as well as near the neighborhood Thornhill Edge.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Coal Mining Museum for England and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Thornhill.
National Coal Mining Museum for England
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National Coal Mining Museum for England is based at the site of Caphouse Colliery in Overton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1988 as the Yorkshire Mining Museum and was granted national status in 1995.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dewsbury and Ossett.
Dewsbury
Town
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Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is sited on the River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway.
Ossett
Town
Ossett is a market town in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated between Dewsbury, Horbury and Wakefield.
Mirfield
Town
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Mirfield is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the A644 road between Brighouse and Dewsbury.
Birk Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Sitlington, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.6482° or 53° 38′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.6205° or 1° 37′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C5WJ9XH+7QOpenStreetMap ID
way 37610398OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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