Janny Wood

Janny Wood is a forest in Mallerstang, Westmorland and Furness, England. Janny Wood is situated nearby to the locality Long Crag, as well as near Six O’clock Hole.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pendragon Castle and Lammerside Castle.

Pendragon Castle

Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pendragon Castle is a ruin located in Mallerstang Dale, Cumbria, south of Kirkby Stephen, and close to the hamlet of Outhgill. It stands above a bend in the River Eden, overlooked by Wild Boar Fell to the south-west and Mallerstang Edge to the east.

Lammerside Castle

Ruins

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lammerside Castle is a Grade II listed Medieval tower house in Wharton, Cumbria, England which has partial ruins existing today.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkby Stephen and Outhgill.

Kirkby Stephen

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Kirkby Stephen is a market town and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies on the A685 and is surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, about 25 miles from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith.

Outhgill

Hamlet

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Outhgill is a hamlet in Mallerstang, Cumbria, England. It lies about 5 miles south of Kirkby Stephen. It is the main hamlet in the dale of Mallerstang which retains the Norse pattern of its original settlement: a series of small hamlets and isolated houses, with no village centre.

Ravenstonedale

Village

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

Ravenstonedale is a village and large civil parish in Cumbria, on the watershed between the River Lune and River Eden. The village lies 4 miles south west of Kirkby Stephen. The parish includes the village of Newbiggin-on-Lune and several smaller settlements including Bowderdale, Brownber, Greenside, Stennerskeugh, Wath and Weasdale.

Janny Wood

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

54.4292° or 54° 25′ 45″ north

Longitude

-2.3354° or 2° 20′ 8″ west

Open location code

9C6VCMH7+MR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 60448254

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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