Photographs of Newby Bridge, Haverthwaite and Rusland in the English Lake District.
A hot-air balloon meet at Bouth near Haverthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Finsthwaite near Newby Bridge in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This extensive working mill produced millions of wooden bobbins which were vital to the Lancashire spinning and weaving industries.
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Old machinery, wooden cart and coppice poles in the yard of Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Finsthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Finsthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Lake District bobbin making began in the 1780s and flourished throughout the 19th century.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill was operational from 1875-1971.
Bobbins at Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Finsthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Aerial view of High Dam, Finsthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
High Dam on Finsthwaite Heights was constructed to power High Stott Bobbin Mill.
High Dam, Finsthwaite at the southern end of Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Both High and the neighbouring Low Dam provided water for Stott Park Bobbin Mill prior to its 1941 convertion to electricity.
Low Dam, Finsthwaite at the southern end of Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Both Low and the neighbouring High Dam provided water for Stott Park Bobbin Mill prior to its 1941 convertion to electricity.
Aerial view of Green Hows Upper Tarn and Windermere, Finsthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A cloud inversion over the Levens Estuary in South Cumbria.
Gummer's How is in the foreground.
Photo taken from a hot-air balloon.
Aerial view of Haverthwaite and the River Leven in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Aerial view of Haverthwaite Railway Station, Haverthwaite near Newby Bridge in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Haverthwaite Station is on the preserved Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. The preservation steam services began in 1973.
Final checks for the Lakeside and Haverthwaite steam train about to leave Haverthwaite Station, near Newby Bridge, Cumbria.
Where the Lake District meets Morecambe Bay in Cumbria.
Aerial view over Bigland Tarn, Ellerside Breast Plantation and Ellerside Moss near Haverthwaite towards Morecambe Bay.
Heysham Power Station in Lancashire can be seen in the distance.
Aerial view of the Leven Estuary, Cumbria.
Rusland Pool joins to River Leven to flow into Morecambe Bay. Ulverston and the John Barrow Monument on Hoad Hill can be seen in the distance.
Passengers disembark from MV Teal at Lakeside, Windermere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Young boys watch the departure of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite steam train from Lakeside Station, Newby Bridge, Cumbria.
The station, originally known as Newby Bridge Platform, then Newby Bridge Halt was originally opened by the Furness Railway in 1905, but services were withdrawn in 1949. However trains continued to pass through the station until the line was closed by British Railways in 1965. Preservation steam services began in 1973.
Aerial view of the Rusland Valley and the Rusland Pool in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A footbridge leading into the National Nature Reserve, Rusland Moss from Hulleter Moss in the Rusland valley, the Lake District, Cumbria.
The mosses took 3,000 years to form, but were damaged by peat cutting and drainage. Current restoration work involves blocking drainage ditches and felling trees to reduce loss of water The mosses, which took 3,000 years to form, were damaged years ago by peat cutting and drainage. Current restoration work includes blocking drainage ditches and felling trees to encourage the return of the sphagnum moss.
The lowland raised peat bog of Hulleter Moss in the Rusland Valley, the Lake District, Cumbria.
This Site of Special Scientific Interest is a lowland raised peat bog bordered by damp woodland and fen.
Birch trees, Hulleter Moss in the Rusland Valley, the Lake District, Cumbria..
Leisure craft and the Victorian Gothic boathouses at Fell Foot Park, Staveley in Cartmel on the southern shores of Windermere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
The boathouses were built in the mid 19th century for Col. G.J.M. Ridehalgh of Fell Foot, one of the founders of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club. The country house on the estate was demolished in 1907, and the estate was given to the National Trust in 1948.