High Hesket Armathwaite
Woodland Trust wood
Size:
0.55 ha (1.36 acres)
Grid reference:
NY486440
Map reference:
Explorer 5
OS Landranger 86
This peaceful wood lies 10 miles north of Penrith, near the village of High Hesket. It is dominated by 120-year-old Scots pine and also includes birch more than 60 years old. The wood takes its name from the disappeared historic lake of Tarn Wadling which features on the ancient Gough map and in an old poem on Arthurian legend.
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