High Wood

High Wood is a forest in Loweswater, Cumberland, England. High Wood is situated nearby to the locality Lanthwaite, as well as near Low Kid Crag.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grasmoor and Whiteside.

Grasmoor

Peak

Photo: K A, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grasmoor is a mountain in the north-western part of the Lake District, northern England. It is the highest peak in a group of hills between the villages of Lorton, Braithwaite and Buttermere, and overlooks Crummock Water.

Whiteside

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whiteside is a fell in the north-western area of the English Lake District. It stands at the western end of the Grisedale Pike- Hopegill Head ridge overlooking Crummock Water.

Mellbreak

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Mellbreak is a hill in the Western part of the English Lake District. Despite being surrounded on all sides by higher fells, it stands in isolation. It is surrounded on three sides by a "moat" of deep marshy land, and on the east side by the lake of Crummock Water.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buttermere and Brackenthwaite.

Buttermere

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Buttermere is a village of 120 people in Cumbria that takes its name from Buttermere, a lake in the Lake District National Park.

Brackenthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brackenthwaite is a hamlet in the parish of Buttermere, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated some 6 miles south of Cockermouth. It lies within the Lake District National Park.

Thackthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thackthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England, from which hikers can climb Low Fell and Fellbarrow. The place-name contains thwaite. A second place called Thackthwaite is located just to the north of Little Mell Fell, at.

High Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Loweswater, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.5717° or 54° 34′ 18″ north

Longitude

-3.3055° or 3° 18′ 20″ west

Open location code

9C6RHMCV+MQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 386248056

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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