Stockghyll Woods
Stockghyll Woods is a forest in Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, England. Stockghyll Woods is situated nearby to the locality Gilbert Scar, as well as near Loughrigg Brow.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rydal Mount and Ambleside Roman Fort.
Rydal Mount
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rydal Mount is a house in the small village of Rydal, near Ambleside in the English Lake District. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1813 to his death in 1850, and his sister, the author, poet, and diarist Dorothy Wordsworth, until her death in 1855.
Ambleside Roman Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ambleside Roman Fort is the modern name given to the remains of a fort of the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins have been tentatively identified as those of either Galava or Clanoventa, mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.
Armitt Library
Museum
The Armitt Museum, also known as the Armitt Museum and Library, is an independent museum and library, founded in Ambleside in Cumbria by Mary Louisa Armitt in 1909. It is a registered charity under English law.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ambleside and Grasmere.
Ambleside
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ambleside is a town in Cumbria. It is located at the head of Windermere, England’s largest lake, within the Lake District National Park.
Grasmere
Photo: alancleaver, CC BY 2.0.
Grasmere is a lakeside village in the Lake District National Park, best known as the home to poet William Wordsworth.
Rydal
Village
Photo: Cmyk, Public domain.
Rydal is a village in Cumbria, England. It is a small cluster of houses, a hotel, and St Mary's Church, on the A591 road midway between Ambleside and Grasmere.
Stockghyll Woods
- Type: Forest
- Location: Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.432° or 54° 25′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.9594° or 2° 57′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C6VC2JR+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 60039174OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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