Borrans Plantation

Borrans Plantation is a forest in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, England. Borrans Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet High Borrans, as well as near the locality Red Crags.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holehird Gardens and Orrest Head.

Holehird Gardens

Garden

Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holehird Gardens is an extensive 10-acre site located near Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is the home of the Lakeland Horticultural Society. The garden consists of a large variety of plants, particularly those suited to the local climate with its high rainfall.

Orrest Head

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is the subject of a chapter in Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, and the first fell he climbed.

Dubbs Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Ambleside.

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.

Ambleside

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ambleside is a town in Cumbria. It is located at the head of Windermere, England’s largest lake, within the Lake District National Park.

Kentmere

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Kentmere is a valley, village and civil parish in the Lake District National Park, a few miles from Kendal in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.

Borrans Plantation

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

54.4034° or 54° 24′ 12″ north

Longitude

-2.8772° or 2° 52′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C6VC43F+94

OpenStreetMap ID

way 507032226

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as High Borrans and Red Crags.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Borrans Reservoir and High Borrans.

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