How Head Plantation

How Head Plantation is a forest in Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, England. How Head Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Thurston, as well as near Grizedale Moor.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brantwood and Ruskin Museum.

Brantwood

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Brantwood is a historic house museum in Cumbria, England, overlooking Coniston Water. It has been the home to a number of prominent individuals. The house and grounds are administered by a charitable trust, the house serving as a museum dedicated to John Ruskin, one of its final owners.

Ruskin Museum

Museum

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Ruskin Museum is a small local museum in Coniston, Cumbria, northern England. It was established in 1901 by W. G. Collingwood, an artist and antiquarian who had worked as secretary to art critic John Ruskin.

Lawson Park

Arts center

Photo: Karenguthrie, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lawson Park is a remote English Lake District hillfarm, leased by Grizedale Arts from Forestry England. It is situated opposite the village of Coniston overlooking Coniston Water, behind Brantwood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hawkshead and Satterthwaite.

Hawkshead

Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hawkshead is a picturesque village in Lake District National Park. It is the smallest true town in Britain.

Satterthwaite

Village

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

Satterthwaite is a small village with around 50 dwellings situated in Grizedale, a valley in the Lake District, England, about four miles south of Hawkshead.

Near and Far Sawrey

Village

Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Near Sawrey and Far Sawrey are two neighbouring villages in the Furness area of Cumbria, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, both are located in the Lake District between the village of Hawkshead and the lake of Windermere.

How Head Plantation

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

54.3641° or 54° 21′ 51″ north

Longitude

-3.0434° or 3° 2′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C6R9X74+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 61601467

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Thurston and Grizedale Moor.

Notable Places Nearby

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