Shadow Wood

Shadow Wood is a forest in Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness, England. Shadow Wood is situated nearby to the locality Walker Ground, as well as near the hamlet Hawkshead Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hawkshead Grammar School and Esthwaite Water.

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.

Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water in the Furness area, historically part of Lancashire.

Hawkshead Courthouse

Photo: FFNick, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coniston and Bowness-on-Windermere.

Coniston

Photo: Tompage02, Public domain.

Coniston is a picturesque lakeside village in the Lake District National Park. Coniston sits next to Coniston Water, the Lake District's third largest lake is the home to many attempts at the world water speed record.

Bowness-on-Windermere

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the South Lakes area of Lake District National Park. It sits on the shore of Windermere lake within the boundaries of the historic County of Westmorland. In 2011, it had about 3,800 permanent residents.

Windermere

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Windermere is a town of 4,800 people in Cumbria. Tourism is popular in the town, owing to its proximity to the lake and local scenery. Boats from the piers in Bowness sail around the lake, many calling at Ambleside or at Lakeside where there is a restored railway.

Shadow Wood

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

54.3772° or 54° 22′ 38″ north

Longitude

-3.0101° or 3° 0′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C6R9XGQ+VX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 61955297

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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