Back Wood
Back Wood is a forest in Hawes, Richmondshire District, England. Back Wood is situated nearby to the locality Kempera Folds, as well as near Bleakthwaite.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cotter Force and Hardraw Force.
Cotter Force
Waterfall
Photo: Focaldepth, Public domain.
Cotter Force is a small waterfall on Cotterdale Beck, a minor tributary of the River Ure, near the mouth of Cotterdale, a side dale in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England.
Hardraw Force
Waterfall
Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hardraw Force is a waterfall on Hardraw Beck in Hardraw Scar, a wooded ravine just outside the hamlet of Hardraw, 0.9 miles north of the town of Hawes, Wensleydale, in the Yorkshire Dales.
Mossdale Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mossdale Viaduct is a disused railway bridge in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It was opened by the Midland Railway in 1878 as part of their Hawes branch line, later becoming part of the Wensleydale Railway between Garsdale and Northallerton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gayle and Sedbusk.
Gayle
Village
Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gayle is a hamlet 0.4-mile south of Hawes in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It is noted for the beck that flows through it and the old mill, which featured on the BBC TV programme Restoration.
Sedbusk
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sedbusk is a hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The Village is 1 mile north of the town of Hawes across the River Ure.
Appersett
Village
Photo: Cacolantern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Appersett is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England one mile west of Hawes. It lies on the A684 road and an unclassified road runs alongside Widdale Beck to connect with the B6255 road between Hawes and Ingleton.
Back Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Hawes, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.3244° or 54° 19′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.2378° or 2° 14′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C6V8QF6+PVOpenStreetMap ID
way 60448358OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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