Carter’s Wood

Carter’s Wood is a forest in Ellel, Lancaster, England. Carter’s Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Hampson Green, as well as near the village Galgate.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St John’s Church, Ellel and St Thomas & St Elizabeth Church.

St John’s Church, Ellel

Church

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St John's Church is in Chapel Lane, Ellel, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.

St Thomas & St Elizabeth Church

Church

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

St Thomas and St. Elizabeth Church, also known simply as Thurnham Church, is a Roman Catholic Church in Thurnham, Lancashire, England. The parish was established in 1785, with Fr.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Galgate and Overton.

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.

Glasson Dock

Village

Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Glasson Dock, also known as Glasson, is a village in Lancashire, England, south of Lancaster at the mouth of the River Lune. In 2011, it had a population of around 600.

Carter’s Wood

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

53.9823° or 53° 58′ 56″ north

Longitude

-2.7975° or 2° 47′ 51″ west

Open location code

9C5VX6J2+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 61479337

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hampson Green and Lower Thurnham.

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Highlights include Double Bridge (No.85) and Junction Bridge.

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