Barrackbank Wood

Barrackbank Wood is a forest in Brougham, Westmorland and Furness, England. Barrackbank Wood is situated nearby to the locality Whinfell Park, as well as near High Barn.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brougham Castle and Brocavum.

Brougham Castle

Photo: Mdbeckwith, CC0.

Brougham Castle is a medieval building about 2 miles south-east of Penrith, Cumbria, England. The castle was founded by Robert I de Vieuxpont in the early 13th century.

Brocavum

Archaeological site

Photo: Laplacemat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brocavum is the Latin name of a Roman fort at Brougham near Penrith, Cumbria. The fort survives as earthworks, but no excavation of these has been carried out so far.

Brougham Hall

Castle

Photo: ArchHist, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brougham Hall is a historic house museum located in the village of Brougham just outside Penrith, Cumbria, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penrith and Eamont Bridge.

Penrith is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. It is less than 3 miles outside the Lake District National Park and about 17 miles south of Carlisle.

Eamont Bridge

Village

Photo: Northernhenge, CC0.

Eamont Bridge is a small village immediately to the south of Penrith, Cumbria, England. The village is named after the bridge over the River Eamont and straddles the boundary between the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland.

Melkinthorpe

Village

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Melkinthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lowther, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the villages of Hackthorpe and Cliburn.

Barrackbank Wood

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

54.6549° or 54° 39′ 18″ north

Longitude

-2.6832° or 2° 40′ 59″ west

Open location code

9C6VM838+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 534551114

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Whinfell Park and High Barn.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ninekirks and Hallstead’s Wood.

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