Knott Plantation

Knott Plantation is a forest in Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, England. Knott Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Thurston, as well as near Kirby Quay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brantwood and Ruskin Museum.

Brantwood

Museum

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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

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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.

Hawkshead Grammar School

Museum

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Hawkshead Grammar School in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England was founded in 1585 by Archbishop Edwin Sandys, the incumbent Archbishop of York, whose family came from the Hawkshead area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hawkshead and Satterthwaite.

Hawkshead

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

Satterthwaite

Village

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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.