Big Wood

Big Wood is a forest in Embleton, Cumberland, England. Big Wood is situated nearby to the locality Tarn Close, as well as near the hamlet Stanger.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Slate Fell and Cockermouth Library.

Slate Fell

Peak

Slate Fell is a low hill in the North Western part of the English Lake District. It lies only about a mile from the busy market town of Cockermouth, and as such is a popular walk for local dog walkers, the amount of climb being only about 80 metres.

Cockermouth Library

Library

Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Cuthbert’s Church

Church

Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cockermouth and Lorton.

Cockermouth

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cockermouth is an English market town of 8,800 people in the modern county of Cumbria, at the north western end of the Lake District. Much of the architectural core of the town remains largely unchanged since the 18th and 19th centuries.

Lorton

Village

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lorton is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The village is in two parts: Low Lorton and High Lorton, with the parish church of St Cuthbert standing between them.

Brigham

Village

Photo: David Trochos, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brigham is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The village is near to the town of Cockermouth and is located just outside the Lake District National Park.

Big Wood

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

54.6491° or 54° 38′ 57″ north

Longitude

-3.3317° or 3° 19′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C6RJMX9+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 55742199

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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