Keen Ground Wood

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Esthwaite Water and Hawkshead Grammar School.

Esthwaite Water

Lake

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Keen Ground Wood

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

54.3753° or 54° 22′ 31″ north

Longitude

-3.0102° or 3° 0′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C6R9XGQ+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 61955609

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Walker Ground and Hawkshead Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shadow Wood and Frith Coppice.

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