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Birkett Hill and High Out Wood

Birkett Hill and High Out Wood in England North East, United Kingdom.

Ladthwaite Beck - geograph.org.uk - 4139434

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Plan your visit

Typical visit
2 h–4 h
Best time of year
Autumn & winter (migration & wildfowl)

About

Birkett Hill and High Out Wood is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Birkett Hill and High Out Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within North Pennines National Landscape in Cumbria, England. It is located 2km southeast of the town of Kirkby Stephen close to Ewbank Scar and includes an ancient woodland (High Out Wood) and a patch of grassland north of Ladthwaite Beck and a patch of grassland on the south of Ladthwaite Beck (Birkett Hill). This site is protected because of the species richness of the limestone grassland and because of the ancient woodland present.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Coordinates
54.4606, -2.3239

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Where is Birkett Hill and High Out Wood?
Birkett Hill and High Out Wood is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4606°, -2.3239°.