Whitbarrow Scar

Whitbarrow Scar is a forest in Witherslack, Westmorland and Furness, England. Whitbarrow Scar is situated nearby to the hamlet Beck Head, as well as near the village Mill Side.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Foulshaw Moss and St Paul’s Church.

Foulshaw Moss

Nature reserve

Foulshaw Moss is a raised bog in Cumbria, England. In 1998 it was bought by Cumbria Wildlife Trust, which has worked to reverse damage caused to the bog by drainage and afforestation.

St Paul's Church is in the village of Witherslack, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.

Whitbarrow

Peak

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitbarrow is a hill in Cumbria, England, designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and national nature reserve, forming part of the Morecambe Bay Pavements Special Area of Conservation due to its supporting some of the best European examples of natural limestone habitats.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Levens and Witherslack.

Levens

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Levens is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. It lies within the historic county of Westmorland. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,007, increasing at the 2011 census to 1,049.

Witherslack

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Witherslack is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the south of Cumbria, England.

Milnthorpe

Town

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Milnthorpe is a village, civil parish, and former market town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is 7 miles south of Kendal. Historically in the county of Westmorland and on the A6, the village contains several old hostelries and hosts a market every Friday.

Whitbarrow Scar

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

54.2549° or 54° 15′ 18″ north

Longitude

-2.8427° or 2° 50′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C6V7534+WW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 486820408

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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