Kershope Forest

Jun1973
1:20,000
25'

Five colour
NY5283 - Cumberland NWOA, England
Survey by Border Liners OC
Drawn R Whitworth

Another from the 1:20,000 era. This one must have been something special - a full five colour job in 1973. It was used for the Mammoth, the forerunner to today's Lakes 5-days.   Kershope is not really an orienteering forest, it is mainly Sitka spruce and part of the huge area of artificial woodland which straddles the England - Scotland border.  It does not seem to have been used for many years and much of it has been felled and replanted. One for the Mountain bikes?

Kershope today

Clear Fell area in Kershope Forest
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