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'Keswick - Whinlatter Forest'
Braithwaite, Keswick. CA12 5TW. Tel 017687 78469.
Location : Cockermouth / Keswick
/ Braithwaite / Lorton
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 210245
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Braithwaite, Keswick. CA12 5TW. Tel 017687 78469.
Location : Cockermouth / Keswick
/ Braithwaite / Lorton
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 210245
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Englands only mountain forest. Planting first started after the first world war to combat the timber shortage. Whinlatter Forest has had considerable investment in order to turn it into a recreational resource with many waymarked woodland paths.
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Picture by Ann Bowker |
The Visitor Centre is the ideal place to start a visit. In the centre you will find an audio-visual presentation in Cumbrian dialect, a working model depicting the life of a working forest, a badger sett you can walk through, a book and gift shop and a restaurant. The shop sells a guide to the forest, showing the fourteen miles of road suitable for walkers and cyclists, as well as many other paths for walkers. There are some spectacular views across the fells and forests of Northern Lakeland.
The forest has been home to ospreys for the last few years, andthere is a special display at the centremincluding CCTV feeds from the nesting site. Over Bassenthwaite lake is the Osprey Watch viewing facility in Dodd Wood. Both are staffed by volunteers explaining about these rare birds.
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For children there is a forest playground, and junior trails that start and end at the visitor centre.
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A video has been produced in conjunction with the Forestry Commission, which tells the story of the Forests of the Lakes - one of this century's great Lakeland industries. Stunning wildlife footage of red squirrels and deer in their wild habitats, the foresters who protect and enhance those habitats and the craftsmen who work deep in the forest. The video is available from Striding Edge.
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Related Links :
| Cumbria Main Menu
| Keswick Menu
| Forest Trails
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Page last changed 4 Oct 2006.