Cowby Wood

Cowby Wood is a forest in Killington, Westmorland and Furness, England. Cowby Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet The Oaks, as well as near Holme.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brigflatts Meeting House and St Gregory’s Church, Vale of Lune.

Brigflatts Meeting House

Church

Photo: David McMumm, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brigflatts Meeting House or Briggflatts Meeting House is a Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends, near Sedbergh, Cumbria, in north-western England.

St Gregory’s Church, Vale of Lune

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Gregory's Church, Vale of Lune, also known as the Vale of Lune Chapel, is a redundant Anglican church situated on the A684 road about 1.5 miles to the west of Sedbergh, Cumbria, England.

Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sedbergh and Firbank.

Sedbergh is a town in Cumbria, with a population of 1500 in 2021. It's in the valley of the River Rawthey, which flows into the Lune two miles west. In Old English "setberg" means a flat-topped hill, and it's a base for walking the gritstone moors.

Firbank

Hamlet

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Firbank is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of the English county of Cumbria. It has a population of 97. As Firbank had a population of less than 100 at the 2011 Census, details are included in the parish of Killington.

Beckside

Hamlet

Beckside is a village in Cumbria, England.

Cowby Wood

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

54.311° or 54° 18′ 40″ north

Longitude

-2.5916° or 2° 35′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C6V8C65+C9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 57913502

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as The Oaks and Holme.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Killington New Bridge and Lune Access.

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