Hagg Wood

Hagg Wood is a forest in Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, England. Hagg Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Haws Bank, as well as near Dixon Ground.

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.

Lawson Park

Arts center

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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

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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.