Photographs of the picturesque lake and small village of Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Reflections in the lake: Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria: A view of Gatesgarth, with a backdrop of Hindscarth and Dale Head coated with a dusting of snow.
The Sentinels, Gatesgarth, Buttermere, the Lake District in Cumbria: A view of Gatesgarth, with a backdrop of Hindscarth Edge and Dale Head coated with a sprinkling of snow.
A view over the lake towards Gatesgarth, Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks, Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Highland cow at the southern end of Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Gatesgarthdale Beck, Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria: Gatesgarthdale Beck flowing into the lake.
A view up Warnscale Bottom to Haystacks from the southern end of Buttermere: Haystacks was Alfred Wainwright's favourite mountain.
A view across Buttermere to High Snockrigg and to the left, the long ridge of Rannerdale Knotts and Whiteless Pike with a backdrop of the Grasmoor range. The Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
A view across Buttermere to the long ridge of Rannerdale Knotts and Whiteless Pike with a backdrop of the Grasmoor range in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Tree roots hug the lakeside path on the northern shore of Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Oak tree on the lakeside path on the northern shore of Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Buttermere lakeside path through Burtness Wood in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The clear water of Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A view across the lake to High Snockrigg, Goat Crag and Robinson.
Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria
A view of High Crag and Comb Crags from the eastern side of the lake.
A view over Buttermere to Burtness Comb, flanked by High Crag and High Stile in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Dodd can be seen to the right of the photo with just a glimpse of Red Pike.
This C19 tunnel on the lake shore was carved out for George Benson, a Manchester mill owner who owned the Hassness Estate.
A view over the lake towards Haystacks beside Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
High Stile and Sourmilk Gill, Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The lower falls of Sourmilk Gill, Buttermere in the lake District, Cumbria.
High Crag and High Stile obove Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Buttermere, the lake and hamlet from High House Crag in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Bridge Hotel and Mill Beck, Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Fish Inn, Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Mary Robinson, 'The Beauty of Buttermere' (1778 - 1837) was the daughter of the landlord of the Fish Inn. She was a shepherdess, known for her beauty, and in 1802 she met John Hatfield, who called himself "Colonel Hope", the brother of an earl. Their marriage got a lot of attention, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in the London Morning Post of "The romantic marriage". When Hatfield was exposed as an impostor, bigamist and forger, he was arrested. He escaped, to be captured in South Wales, tried at Carlisle, and hanged in 1803. In 1807 Mary married a local farmer and had four children. She is buried at St Kentigern's Church in Caldbeck.
The story of Mary captured the public imagination of the time and William Wordsworth wrote of her in 'The Prelude'. She is also the subject of Melvyn Bragg's 1987 novel, 'The Maid of Buttermere'.
The Church of St James at Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This pretty wee church was built in 1840 at the junction of Honister and Newlands passes. An earlier chapel on this site was consecrated in 1507.
Alfred Wainwright Memorial in The Church of St James at Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria, England.
The stone plaque is set into the window sill of a south window which looks out onto Haystacks, one of his favourite mountains where he chose to have his ashes scattered.
The former school room now the village hall, Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Evening sun and cloud over the Borrowdale Fells and Helvellyn Range from Hause Gill beside Honister Pass in the Lake District, Cumbria.