Force Wood
Force Wood is a forest in Stainforth, Craven District, England. Force Wood is situated nearby to the village Stainforth, as well as near the locality Dicks Ground Plantation.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stainforth Force and St Peter’s Church, Stainforth.
Stainforth Force
Waterfall
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainforth Force, is a 2.5-metre high cascade waterfall on the River Ribble at Stainforth, 3 miles north of Settle in North Yorkshire, England. The waterfall is a popular tourist attraction in autumn when Atlantic salmon are migrating up the river.
St Peter’s Church, Stainforth
Church
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church is in the village of Stainforth, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Bowland, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the Diocese of Leeds.
Stainforth Bridge
Bridge
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainforth Bridge, is a 17th century, arched packhorse bridge over the River Ribble in Stainforth, North Yorkshire, England. The bridge was formerly on the main packhorse road between York and Lancaster, which has been superseded by later roads.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Settle and Horton-in-Ribblesdale.
Settle
Horton-in-Ribblesdale
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Horton-in-Ribblesdale is a village in North Yorkshire. With a population of 400 in 2021, it's set in the Yorkshire Dales beneath the "Three Peaks", and is a stopover on the Pennine Way.
Giggleswick
Village
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Giggleswick, a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, lies on the B6480 road, less than 1 mile north-west of the town of Settle and divided from it by the River Ribble.
Force Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Stainforth, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.1006° or 54° 6′ 2″ northLongitude
-2.2797° or 2° 16′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C6V4P2C+64OpenStreetMap ID
way 59463968OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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