Lags Wood

Lags Wood is a forest in Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, England. Lags Wood is situated nearby to the locality Kirby Quay, as well as near Tarn Hows Intake.

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

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.

Hawkshead Grammar School

Museum

Photo: FFNick, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 Roger Ground.

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.

Roger Ground

Hamlet

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Roger Ground is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hawkshead, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, south of the village 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.

Lags Wood

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

54.3729° or 54° 22′ 22″ north

Longitude

-3.0409° or 3° 2′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C6R9XF5+5J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 61852805

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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