Newton Wood

Newton Wood is a forest in Gosforth, Cumberland, England. Newton Wood is situated nearby to the village Gosforth, as well as near the locality Low Boonwood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gosforth Cross and Seascale railway station.

Gosforth Cross

Archaeological site

Photo: English Lakes, Public domain.

The Gosforth Cross is a tall, slender Viking High Cross, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD in St Mary's churchyard, Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria.

Seascale is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 33+1⁄4 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the village of Seascale in Cumbria.

Ponsonby Tarn

Lake

Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ponsonby Tarn is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seascale and Drigg.

Seascale

Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Seascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.

Drigg

Village

Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Drigg is a village on the coast of the Irish Sea in the Cumberland district of the county of Cumbria, England. It borders the Lake District National Park. Next to the village is the site of the UK's low-level radioactive waste storage facility.

Holmrook

Village

Photo: P stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria. It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt. The B5344 road connects it to Drigg, with its railway station less than two miles to the west.

Newton Wood

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

54.4104° or 54° 24′ 37″ north

Longitude

-3.4568° or 3° 27′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C6RCG6V+57

OpenStreetMap ID

way 517662927

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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