Lake District Photography: Photos of Elterwater, Chapel Stile, Great Langdale, Little Langdale, Skelwith Bridge and Tilberthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria. Aerial shots have been taken from a hot-air balloon.
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CHAPEL STILE 05A - Holy Trinity Church
The 1851 Holy Trinity Church at Chapel Stile in Great Langdale, Cumbria.
CHAPEL STILE 09A - Victoria water trough
The 1887 Queen Victoria memorial water trough at Chapel Stile in Great Langdale, Cumbria.
ELTERWATER 01A - Aerial view of Elter Water and the Langdale Valleys
Aerial view of Elter Water and the Langdale Valleys in the Lake District, Cumbria.
ELTERWATER 05A - Elterwater village green
Elterwater village green and the Britannia Inn in Great Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
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ELTERWATER 07A - Elterwater Bridge
Elterwater Bridge spanning Great Langdale Beck in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The bridge was built in 1702 but has been doubled in width to withstand modern traffic flow.
The bridge was built in 1702 but has been doubled in width to withstand modern traffic flow.
ELTERWATER 09A - Elter Water at dusk
Dusk: Elter Water and the Langdale Pikes, Elterwater, in Great Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
ELTERWATER 10A - Swans on Elter Water
Mute swans on Elter Water in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Norse translation for Elter Water is Elpt Vatrn meaning Swan Lake.
The Norse translation for Elter Water is Elpt Vatrn meaning Swan Lake.
ELTERWATER 13A - Elter Water
An autumnal view over Elter Water to the Langdale Pikes in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The River Brathay leaving Elter Water on its journey from the top of Wrynose Pass, through the lake and down to join the River Rothay near Ambleside.
The River Brathay leaving Elter Water on its journey from the top of Wrynose Pass, through the lake and down to join the River Rothay near Ambleside.
ELTERWATER 14 - River Brathay and Langdale Pikes,
A view of the Langdale Pikes from the River Brathay near Elterwater in the Lake District, Cumbria.
ELTERWATER 20A - The Langdale Pikes
A view of the Langdale Pikes from the spoil heaps of a slate quarry at Elterwater in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Pike o’ Stickle, Harrison Stickle and Pavey Ark are classic examples of the rugged scenery produced by volcanic eruptions about 460 million years ago. The Pikes held Lakeland’s first factory about 4,000 years ago when Neolithic man realised that a vein of rock, a fine grained tuff formed from volcanic dust, was ideal for making axe heads.
Pike o’ Stickle, Harrison Stickle and Pavey Ark are classic examples of the rugged scenery produced by volcanic eruptions about 460 million years ago. The Pikes held Lakeland’s first factory about 4,000 years ago when Neolithic man realised that a vein of rock, a fine grained tuff formed from volcanic dust, was ideal for making axe heads.
ELTERWATER 50A - Elterwater Quarry
Elterwater Green Slate Quarry in Great Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
This working quarry is owned by Burlington Stone, a prestigious manufacturer of British natural stone which has been quarried for over 400 years from the heart of the English Lake District. Visit the website.
This working quarry is owned by Burlington Stone, a prestigious manufacturer of British natural stone which has been quarried for over 400 years from the heart of the English Lake District. Visit the website.
ELTERWATER 53B - Elterwater Quarry
Lakeland's industrial heritage: Old buildings from Burlington Slate Quarries at Elterwater in Great Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Burlington have been quarrying here since 1841, and this is still a working quarry producing prestigious green slate products. The company is now known as Burlington Stone.
Burlington have been quarrying here since 1841, and this is still a working quarry producing prestigious green slate products. The company is now known as Burlington Stone.
ELTERWATER 54A - Slate spoil heap
Spoil heaps from a disused slate quarry at Elterwater in Great Langdale, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 01A - Aerial view of Little Langdale Tarn
Aerial view of Little langdale Tarn and Wrynose Pass in the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 01C - Little Langdale Tarn and Lingmoor Fell
A view of Little Langdale Tarn and Lingmoor Fell in Little Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 02A - Aerial view of Little Langdale
Aerial view of the head of Little Langdale valley and Wrynose Pass in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Photo taken from a hot-air balloon.
Photo taken from a hot-air balloon.
LANGDALE 04A - Aerial view of mist in the Langdale Valleys
Aerial view of a layer of mist in the Langdale Valleys in the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 05A - Aerial view of Side Pike
Aerial view of Side Pike and Blea Tarn, Great Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Photo taken from a hot-air balloon.
Photo taken from a hot-air balloon.
LANGDALE 07A - Cathedral Quarry, Little Langdale
A selfie in Cathedral Quarry, Little Langdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Cathedral is a huge awe-inspiring mining excavation with a dramatic central pillar. This slate quarry features in the 2012 film, ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’.
The Cathedral is a huge awe-inspiring mining excavation with a dramatic central pillar. This slate quarry features in the 2012 film, ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’.
LANGDALE 09A - Slater Bridge, Little Langdale
Slater Bridge spanning the River Brathay in Little Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Slater Bridge is a 17th century pack horse bridge connecting the hamlet of Little Langdale with the Tilberthwaite slate quarries.
Slater Bridge is a 17th century pack horse bridge connecting the hamlet of Little Langdale with the Tilberthwaite slate quarries.
LANGDALE 09B - Slater Bridge, Little Langdale
Slater Bridge spanning the River Brathay in Little Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 11A - Moss Rigg Wood, Little Langdale
Autumn colours in Moss Rigg Wood, Little Langdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 15A - Mist over the Langdales
Mist over the Langdale Valleys in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Aerial view taken from a hot-air balloon.
Aerial view taken from a hot-air balloon.
LANGDALE 16A - Langdale Pikes and Side Pike
The Langdale Pikes and Side Pike in the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 17B - Blea Tarn
A view over Blea Tarn to The Langdale Pikes and Side Pike in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Blea Tarn is in a hanging valley between Little Langdale and Great Langdale.
Blea Tarn is in a hanging valley between Little Langdale and Great Langdale.
LANGDALE 21A - Fell Foot Bridge, Little Langdale
Fell Foot Bridge over the River Brathay in Little Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 22A - Fell Foot at the foot of Wrynose Pass
Fell Foot Farm, Castle Howe and The Ting Mound at the foot of Wrynose Pass, Little Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
This small area holds a wealth of history because it is a crossroads .
The present farmhouse was once an inn dating back to the early 17th century, but there was probably an earlier property on the same site.
Wrynose is part of the old Roman road named the 10th iter which linked the Galava Fort at Ambleside with Mediobogdum on Hardknott Pass and Ravenglass. The crag, Castle Howe rising to the right of the road was the site of an Iron Age Hillfort. and immediately behind Fell Foot farm is the Ting Mound, a rare example of the site of a Viking parliament and meeting place.
This small area holds a wealth of history because it is a crossroads .
The present farmhouse was once an inn dating back to the early 17th century, but there was probably an earlier property on the same site.
Wrynose is part of the old Roman road named the 10th iter which linked the Galava Fort at Ambleside with Mediobogdum on Hardknott Pass and Ravenglass. The crag, Castle Howe rising to the right of the road was the site of an Iron Age Hillfort. and immediately behind Fell Foot farm is the Ting Mound, a rare example of the site of a Viking parliament and meeting place.
LANGDALE 23A - The Ting Mound
The Ting Mound, a Viking moot at the foot of Wrynose Pass, Little Langdale, in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Moots were open-air meeting places used by courts and other bodies responsible for the administration of the countryside in Anglo-Saxon and medieval England. They were located at conspicuous sites close to popular trading routes.
The Ting Mound at Fell Foot is a terraced 50m x 40m earthen mound with rounded corners and is up to 3m high.
Moots were open-air meeting places used by courts and other bodies responsible for the administration of the countryside in Anglo-Saxon and medieval England. They were located at conspicuous sites close to popular trading routes.
The Ting Mound at Fell Foot is a terraced 50m x 40m earthen mound with rounded corners and is up to 3m high.
LANGDALE 24A - Castle Howe, Little Langdale
Castle Howe near Fell Foot Farm at the head of Little Langdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This craggy outcrop at the foot of Wrynose Pass is the site of an Iron Age Hillfort. It overlooks the Roman road from Ambleside to Ravenglass and The Ting Mound, a Viking / Medieval meeting place at Fell Foot. This close proximity to a medieval moot suggests this area has a long tradition as an assembly point and the hillfort may have been re-used or re-built in post-Roman times.
This craggy outcrop at the foot of Wrynose Pass is the site of an Iron Age Hillfort. It overlooks the Roman road from Ambleside to Ravenglass and The Ting Mound, a Viking / Medieval meeting place at Fell Foot. This close proximity to a medieval moot suggests this area has a long tradition as an assembly point and the hillfort may have been re-used or re-built in post-Roman times.
LANGDALE 25A - Cattle grid at the foot of Wrynose Pass
Cattle grid at the foot of Wrynose Pass at the head of Little Langdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Wrynose Pass connects Little Langdale with the Duddon Valley.
Castle Howe, the site of an Iron Age hillfort can be seen to the right of the road.
Wrynose Pass connects Little Langdale with the Duddon Valley.
Castle Howe, the site of an Iron Age hillfort can be seen to the right of the road.
LANGDALE 30A - Colwith Force, Little Langdale
Colwith Force, Little Langdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This spectacular waterfall plunges 20 metres in two leaps. In 1910, tourists paid 4d to see the falls. At the foot of the waterfall is a small scale hydro-electric plant, and 100 metres downstream is the site of a medieval bloomery (iron smelting furnace).
This spectacular waterfall plunges 20 metres in two leaps. In 1910, tourists paid 4d to see the falls. At the foot of the waterfall is a small scale hydro-electric plant, and 100 metres downstream is the site of a medieval bloomery (iron smelting furnace).
LANGDALE 39A - Stang End Farm, Little Langdale
Lakeland barn with spinning gallery and bee holes in the wall at Stang End Farm, Little Langdale in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 40A - High Park Farm, Little Langdale
The 17th century High Park Farm in Little Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 41A - Lingmoor Fell and The Bield
Lingmoor Fell towering over The Bield in Little Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Bield farmhouse was the home of the internationally acclaimed sculptress, Josefina de Vasconcellos from the 1930s until 1988 when ill health prompted her to move to Ambleside.
The Bield farmhouse was the home of the internationally acclaimed sculptress, Josefina de Vasconcellos from the 1930s until 1988 when ill health prompted her to move to Ambleside.
LANGDALE 49A - Wetherlam from Great Langdale
A view of Wetherlam from Great Langdale in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 50A - Loughrigg Tarn
A mute swan by Loughrigg Tarn on the slopes of Loughrigg Fell in Great Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
This secluded and circular tarn was a favourite of William Wordsworth, who described it as, 'round, clear and bright as heaven'.
This secluded and circular tarn was a favourite of William Wordsworth, who described it as, 'round, clear and bright as heaven'.
LANGDALE 51B - Loughrigg Fell trig point
A view into Great Langdale from the trig point on Loughrigg Fell in the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 52B - Fell walkers on Loughrigg summit
A party of fell walkers on the summit of Loughrigg Fell in the Lake District, Cumbria.
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Verbal permission given.
LANGDALE 53A - The Langdale Pikes from Loughrigg
A view of Chapel Stile and the Langdale Pikes from the summit of Loughrigg Fell in the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 54A - Elter Water from Loughrigg
A view of Elter Water and Wetherlam, from the summit of Loughrigg Fell in the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 59A - Herdwicks on a pile of beet fodder
Herdwick sheep enjoying their find of a heap of fodder beet in Great Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
LANGDALE 60A - Rossett Bridge
Rossett Bridge, straddling Mickleden Beck in Great Langdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
The old Rossett Bridge is now just a footpath since being superceded by the neighbouring new road bridge.
Known locally as Slops Bridge, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries Rossett Bridge carried the sled road that ran up Rosett Gill to the iron ore workings at the Ore Gap, south of Angle Tarn.
The old Rossett Bridge is now just a footpath since being superceded by the neighbouring new road bridge.
Known locally as Slops Bridge, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries Rossett Bridge carried the sled road that ran up Rosett Gill to the iron ore workings at the Ore Gap, south of Angle Tarn.
SKELWITH BRIDGE 03 - Skelwith Force
Skelwith Force, Skelwith Bridge in the Lake District, Cumbria.
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SKELWITH BRIDGE 10A - Slate Works
The former Kirkstone Quarries Slate Works at Skelwith Bridge, Cumbria.
SKELWITH BRIDGE 10B - Slate Works
The former Kirkstone Quarries Slate Works at Skelwith Bridge, Cumbria.
TILBERTHWAITE 02A - Aerial view of the Tiberthwaite Slate Quarries
Aerial view of the spoilheaps from the disused Tilberthwaite slate quarries and a working quarry 2015. Lake District, Cumbria.
Photo taken from a hot-air balloon.
Photo taken from a hot-air balloon.
TILBERTHWAITE 04A - Aerial view of the Tiberthwaite Slate Quarries
Aerial view of the Tilberthwaite Quarries in trhe Lake District, Cumbria.
Hodge Close Quarry can be seen to the left of the photo.
Hodge Close Quarry can be seen to the left of the photo.
TILBERTHWAITE 06A - Hodge Close Quarry
Hodge Close Quarry, one of many slate workings in the Tilberthwaite Valley, between Langdale and Coniston in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Hodge Close was operational from the 19th century to the early 1960s. The 100 metre open pit was flooded to a depth of 50 metres to prevent easy access into the lower chambers. The waters and walls now present a popular challenge for experienced divers and climbers.
Hodge Close was operational from the 19th century to the early 1960s. The 100 metre open pit was flooded to a depth of 50 metres to prevent easy access into the lower chambers. The waters and walls now present a popular challenge for experienced divers and climbers.
TILBERTHWAITE 08A - The Langdale Pikes from Hodge Close Quarry
A view of the Langdale Pikes from Hodge Close Quarry near Tilberthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
TILBERTHWAITE 15A - Low Tilberthwaite
Low Tilberthwaite in between Coniston and Little Langdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
TILBERTHWAITE 16A - Autumn sunlight, Low Tilberthwaite
Morning sunshine illuminates the autumn colours at Low Tilberthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria,
TILBERTHWAITE 20A - Moving the sheep, Low Tilberthwaite
Bringing the sheep off the fells into Low Tilberthwaite, the Lake District, Cumbria.
TILBERTHWAITE 40A - Reservoir on Holme Fell
Small ice-covered reservoir on Holme Fell near Tilberthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Wetherlam can be seen in the distance.
Wetherlam can be seen in the distance.
TILBERTHWAITE 40B - Reservoir on Holme Fell
Frozen reservoir on Holme Fell near Tilberthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Wetherlam rises in the distance.
Wetherlam rises in the distance.
