Barker Faws Wood

Barker Faws Wood is a forest in Dent, Westmorland and Furness, England. Barker Faws Wood is situated nearby to the village Dent, as well as near Gawthrop.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aye Gill Pike and St Andrew’s Church, Dent.

Aye Gill Pike

Peak

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aye Gill Pike is a Marilyn in the Yorkshire Dales, the highest point of the ridge of Rise Hill between Dentdale and Garsdale in Cumbria, England.

St Andrew’s Church, Dent

Church

Photo: Richard Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Andrew's Church is in the village of Dent, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Western Dales Mission Community in the deanery of Kendal and archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness and the diocese of Carlisle.

Barth Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sedbergh and Gawthrop.

Sedbergh

Photo: Zaian, Public domain.

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.

Gawthrop

Village

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gawthrop is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dent, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Cowgill

Hamlet

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

Cowgill is a village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and is located 9 miles south east of Sedbergh.

Barker Faws Wood

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

54.2895° or 54° 17′ 22″ north

Longitude

-2.4571° or 2° 27′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C6V7GQV+Q5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 58759180

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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