Brow Wood

Brow Wood is a forest in Cartmel Fell, Westmorland and Furness, England. Brow Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Hartbarrow, as well as near the locality Calf Parrock.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Winster School and Gummer’s How.

Winster School

Community center

Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Winster School is a community center.

Gummer's How is a hill in the southern part of the Lake District, on the eastern shore of Windermere, near its southern end. How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, is a common local term for a hill or mound.

Holy Trinity Church

Church

Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Bowland Bridge.

Bowness-on-Windermere

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the South Lakes area of Lake District National Park. It sits on the shore of Windermere lake within the boundaries of the historic County of Westmorland. In 2011, it had about 3,800 permanent residents.

Bowland Bridge

Village

Photo: Michael Cannell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowland Bridge is a village in Cumbria, England. It was in the South Lakeland district until 2023 and is now in the unitary authority area of Westmorland and Furness.

Lakeside

Hamlet

Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lakeside is a Hamlet near Newby Bridge at the south end of Lake Windermere, England. Now in the county of Cumbria, before county reorganisation of 1974 it was in Lancashire, as part of the region known as Furness.

Brow Wood

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

54.3121° or 54° 18′ 44″ north

Longitude

-2.9173° or 2° 55′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C6V836M+R3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 430065128

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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