Birk Wood

Birk Wood is a forest in Sitlington, Wakefield, England. Birk Wood is situated near the village Overton, as well as near the neighborhood Thornhill Edge.

Places of Interest

Highlights: 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.

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Thornhill

Church

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

St Luke

Church

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Luke is a church.

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

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Ossett is a market and residential 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.

Thornhill

Village

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Thornhill is a village on the southern outskirts of Dewsbury in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Thornhill was absorbed into Dewsbury County Borough in 1910.

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″ north

Longitude

-1.6205° or 1° 37′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C5WJ9XH+7Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 37610398

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Overton and Thornhill Edge.

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Highlights: Pit Wood and Round Hill Wood.

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