Grizedale Forest

Grizedale Forest is a 24.47 km² area of woodland in the Lake District of North West England, located to the east of Coniston Water and to the south of Hawkshead. It comprises a number of hills, small tarns and the settlements of Grizedale and Satterthwaite. It is managed by the Forestry Commission and is a popular tourist destination with colour coded waymarked footpaths, mountain biking, an aerial assault course, a 16 bed hostel, and a visitor centre with a children's playground, education centre, café and shop.

Sculpture Trail

Scattered throughout the forest are approximately 90 sculptures, 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 and Andy 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 wooden panopticon sculpture.

Gallery

ee also

*Grizedale College, a constituent college of the University of Lancaster named after the forest

References

* [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]