Bamse's Wood, Eskdale Green

#18 among attractions in Eskdale Green

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Bamse's Wood is a newly-planted forest and nature reserve that sits between Gosforth and Nether Wasdale in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. The 17-acre reserve is approached via Guards Lonning an ancient bridleway. ()

Coordinates: 54°26'18"N, 3°22'34"W

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Eskdale Green United Kingdom

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Bamse's Wood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wast Water, Giggle Alley, Gosforth Cross, Haycock.

3.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wast Water
86 min walk • Wast Water is a spectacular and serene lake nestled in the remote western reaches of the Lake District National Park in the United Kingdom. With its dramatic and rugged beauty, Wast Water holds the title of the deepest lake in England, plunging to depths of nearly 260...
3.9 miSE
Park
Giggle Alley, Eskdale Green
100 min walk • Giggle Alley is a woodland in Eskdale Green, Cumbria, England. It was formerly part of the Gate House estate. The wood includes the ruins of a Japanese garden, created in 1914 as part of the estate. It was laid out by the team of Thomas Hayton Mawson.
2.6 miSW
Archaeological site, Bars and clubs
Gosforth Cross
66 min walk • The Gosforth Cross is a large stone Anglo-Saxon cross, in St Mary's churchyard at Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD.
3.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Haycock
99 min walk • Haycock is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. It rises between Scoat Fell and Caw Fell to the south of Ennerdale and the north of Wasdale.
3.6 miN
Hill
Caw Fell, Lake District National Park
93 min walk • Caw Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, standing between Haycock the Lank Rigg group. It occupies a wide upland area with Ennerdale to the north and Blengdale to the south.
3.8 miE
Hill
Illgill Head, Eskdale Green
97 min walk • Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.
3.6 miW
Monastery
Calder Abbey, Seascale
93 min walk • Calder Abbey in Cumbria was a Savigniac monastery founded in 1134 by Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester, and moved to this site following a refoundation in 1142. It became Cistercian in 1148. It is near the village of Calderbridge.
2.6 miSW
Church
St Mary's Church
66 min walk • St Mary's Church in the village of Gosforth, Cumbria, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Olaf, Wasdale Head, and St Michael, Nether Wasdale.
2.8 miE
Hill
Middle Fell, Eskdale Green
72 min walk • Middle Fell is a hill or fell in the English Lake District. It is a satellite of Seatallan standing above the northern shore of Wastwater.
2.6 miNE
Hill
Seatallan, Eskdale Green
66 min walk • Seatallan is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. It is rounded, grassy and fairly unassuming, occupying a large amount of land.
1.7 miE
Hill
Buckbarrow, Eskdale Green
44 min walk • Buckbarrow is a small fell in the English Lake District overlooking the western end of Wastwater. It is featured in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells and is given a height of 1,410 ft approximately; however, the Ordnance Survey and other guidebooks now give an altitude of 423 m.