Photographs taken around Abbeystead, an attractive village in the Forest of Bowland Natural Landscape of Lancashire.
The overspill of Abbeystead Reservoir, Abbeystead in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Abbeystead Reservoir was built in 1855 to supply mills lower down the River Wyre with a steady supply of water.
Woodland reflections in the newly formed River Wyre at Abbeystead in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Bluebells in Hinberry Wood, Abbeystead in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Bluebells in Hinberry Wood, Abbeystead in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Bluebells in Hinberry Wood, Abbeystead in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Home Farmhouse farm buildings and water fountain with trough at Abbeystead in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Built in the 1890s by Douglas and Fordham in Elizabethan style.
The 1892 lion's head water fountain with stone trough at Abbeystead in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Abbeystead Pumping Station in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
This was the scene of a tragic disaster in 1984 when a methane gas explosion killed 16 of a group of 44 people who were attending a public presentation by North West Water Authority to demonstrate the operations of the station.
A plaque beside the station commemorates those who died in the explosion.
Plaque commemorating the Abbeystead Disaster at the Pumping Station, Abbeystead in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.