Home Wood
Home Wood is a forest in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Home Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Thirlspot, as well as near the locality Brown How.Places of Interest
Highlights include Armboth Fell and Helvellyn.
Armboth Fell
Peak
Armboth Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, regarded by Alfred Wainwright as the centre of Lakeland. It is named for the former settlement of Armboth.
Helvellyn
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helvellyn is a mountain in the English Lake District, the highest point of the Helvellyn range, a north–south line of mountains to the north of Ambleside, between the lakes of Thirlmere and Ullswater.
High Tove
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
High Tove is a fell in the English Lake District, close to the geographical centre of the Cumbrian hills. It forms part of the watershed between the Derwentwater and Thirlmere catchments, a ridge running broadly north-south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borrowdale and Legburthwaite.
Borrowdale
Photo: Steve Mason, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borrowdale is a valley and civic parish in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. The valley caters to lowland visitors and hill-walkers with hotels, guesthouses, holiday cottages, bed and breakfasts, youth hostels and campsites.
Legburthwaite
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Legburthwaite is a village in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria. It is located on the A591 road and the B5322 road. Legburthwaite has a disused place of worship and formerly, a youth hostel. It is just north of Thirlmere.
Watendlath
Hamlet
Watendlath is a hamlet and tarn in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, Watendlath is owned by the National Trust and sits high between the Borrowdale and Thirlmere valleys at 863 feet above sea level.
Home Wood
Latitude
54.5468° or 54° 32′ 49″ northLongitude
-3.0639° or 3° 3′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C6RGWWP+PCOpenStreetMap ID
way 59997405OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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