- Grizedale Forest
Grizedale Forest is a 24.47 km² area of
woodland in theLake District ofNorth West England , located to the east ofConiston Water and to the south ofHawkshead . It comprises a number of hills, small tarns and the settlements ofGrizedale andSatterthwaite . It is managed by theForestry Commission and is a popular tourist destination with colour coded waymarked footpaths,mountain biking , an aerialassault course , a 16 bedhostel , and a visitor centre with a children's playground, education centre, café and shop.Sculpture Trail
Scattered throughout the forest are approximately 90
sculpture s, often made from naturally occurring materials such as stone and wood. The project to place sculptures in the forest was started by the Grizedale Society in 1977 and won the 1990 Prudential Award for the Arts. Sculptors have included David Nash, Sally Matthews andAndy Goldsworthy One quarter of the 200,000 visitors to Grizedale per year cycle. A new 9.7 mile mountain biking trail, the £167,000 North Face Trail, was opened in March 2006.
The highest point within Grizedale Forest is the 314 m high
Carron Crag , overlooking a woodenpanopticon sculpture.Gallery
ee also
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Grizedale College , a constituentcollege of theUniversity of Lancaster named after the forestReferences
* [http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-5k2bgd Forestry Commission Grizedale Forest site]
* [http://www.visitcumbria.com/sl/grizefor.htm Grizedale Forest on visitcumbria.com]
* [http://www.ukattraction.com/cumbria+lake-district/grizedale-forestry-commission.htm Grizedale Forest Park & Visitor Centre on UKattraction.com]
* [http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/lei/News2006/20060309_north_face_trail.asp BritishCycling article on the North Face Trail]
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