Torver Common Wood

Torver Common Wood is a forest in Satterthwaite, Westmorland and Furness, England. Torver Common Wood is situated near the hamlet Little Arrow, as well as near the locality Bleathwaite Pasture.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Brantwood and Lawson Park.

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.

Lawson Park

Arts center

Photo: Karenguthrie, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coniston and Hawkshead.

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.

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.

Grizedale

Hamlet

Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grizedale is a hamlet in the Lake District of North West England, in the middle of the Grizedale Forest, located north of Satterthwaite and south of Hawkshead.

Torver Common Wood

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

54.3446° or 54° 20′ 41″ north

Longitude

-3.0785° or 3° 4′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C6R8WVC+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Little Arrow and Bleathwaite Pasture.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Napping Tree Coppice and Torver jetty.

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