Young Wood

Young Wood is a forest in Mungrisdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Young Wood is situated near the locality Bowscale Fell, as well as near the village Mungrisdale.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Bowscale Fell and Souther Fell.

Bowscale Fell

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowscale Fell is a hill in the English Lake District. It rises above the village of Mungrisdale in the Northern Fells. Bowscale Fell stands at the extreme north east the Blencathra group, connected to this higher fell by the intervening Bannerdale Crags.

Souther Fell

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Souther Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the south of Mungrisdale village in the Northern Fells. It is most famous for the appearance of a "spectral army", said to have been seen marching along its crest on Midsummer's Day, 1745.

Bannerdale Crags

Peak

Photo: Bobble Hat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bannerdale Crags is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Blencathra and Bowscale Fell in the Northern Fells.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mungrisdale and Mosedale.

Mungrisdale

Village

Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mungrisdale is a small village and civil parish in the north east of the English Lake District in the historic county of Cumberland but now in the ceremonial county of Cumbria.

Mosedale

Hamlet

Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mosedale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mungrisdale in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, in the north west of the English Lake District.

Bowscale

Hamlet

Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowscale is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mungrisdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England.

Young Wood

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

54.6634° or 54° 39′ 48″ north

Longitude

-3.007° or 3° 0′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C6RMX7V+85

OpenStreetMap ID

way 566130422

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bowscale Fell and Drycomb.

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Highlights: The Tongue and Bowscale Fell Far East Top.

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