High Cross Plantation

High Cross Plantation is a forest in England, United Kingdom. High Cross Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Tarn Hows Intake, as well as near Pen Intake.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hawkshead Grammar School and Holme Fell.

Hawkshead Grammar School

Museum

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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.

Holme Fell or Holm Fell is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is located between Coniston Water and Little Langdale, almost isolated from the neighbouring Coniston Fells by Yewdale Beck.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coniston and Hawkshead.

Coniston

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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.