Old Park Wood

Old Park Wood is a forest in Thurnham, Lancaster, England. Old Park Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Lower Burrow, as well as near the village Galgate.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ashton Hall and Ruskin Library.

Ashton Hall

Castle

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

Ashton Hall is a largely rebuilt 14th-century mansion in the civil parish of Thurnham, Lancashire, England. It is 3 miles south of the city of Lancaster and is on the east bank of the River Lune.

Ruskin Library

Museum

Photo: Lupin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Ruskin – Museum and Research Institute is an archive, museum, and research institute at Lancaster University, in Lancaster, Lancashire, the north-west of England.

Bailrigg House

Castle

Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bailrigg House is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ellel and Galgate.

Ellel

Village

Photo: Dave Collier, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ellel is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. It had a population of 4,644 in 2021, 4,895 in 2011, up from 2,521 in 2001 The parish includes the villages of Bay Horse, Galgate and Hampson Green, and part of Dolphinholme.

Galgate

Village

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Galgate is a village in the City of Lancaster, just south of Lancaster University, and about 3 miles south of Lancaster itself in the English county of Lancashire.

Overton

Village

Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Overton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, south west of Lancaster and south of Morecambe between Heysham and the estuary of the River Lune.

Old Park Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Thurnham, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.9993° or 53° 59′ 58″ north

Longitude

-2.8051° or 2° 48′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C5VX5XV+PX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 61475028

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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