Scales Wood

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Scales Wood is one of 235 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria. The surrounding countryside is part of the Lake District National Park. For more of the same, Buttermere Fells and Comb Beck are close by. For arrivals by rail, Corkickle Station is about 18.3 km to the west.

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