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Glencoyne Wood

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Glencoyne Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria, covering 0.3 km². It is one of 235 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It lies within the Lake District National Park.

For more of the same, Helvellyn & Fairfield and Birk Fell are close by. The closest station is Penrith North Lakes, about 16.9 km to the north-east.

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Ullswater 'Steamers'

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Heritage passenger boats plying Ullswater between Glenridding, Howtown and Pooley Bridge, one of them over 150 years old.

1.1 km SE

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Aira Force

Waterfall near Glenridding

The Lake District's most visited waterfall, plunging 65 feet beneath a Victorian stone bridge in the landscaped glen above Ullswater.

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Photo: Gowbarrow Park, a viewpoint near Glenridding in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Gowbarrow Park

Viewpoint near Glenridding

An open fellside deer park above Aira Force and Ullswater, where Wordsworth's 'host of golden daffodils' still flowers.

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Photo of Ullswater, a Lake near Glenridding in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Ullswater

Lake near Glenridding

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