The Beacon, Penrith, Cumbria

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An unobtrusive wooden way marker points the way from the roadside, through a small wooden gate and up a grassy slope.  Turning the corner, the slope is shaded by trees and the ground becomes sandy, with large pieces of sandstone bouldering the ground. The orignal forests of Beacon Hill were … [Read more...]

Finglandrigg Wood Nature Reserve

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Situated on the lower eastern region on the Solway Plain, about 15Km to the West of Carlisle is the nature reserve known as Finglandrigg Wood, The woodland habitat is managed by English Nature as a National Nature Reserve, primarily to provide a habitat for the indigenous Red Squirrel but … [Read more...]


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