Photographs taken on the fells and high ground around Hodge Close Quarry and Tilberthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
LOCAL GALLERIES: Coniston and Hawkshead Fells - Langdale Fells - Langdale Valleys
A snow-covered Wetherlam from Holme Fell near Tilberthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Frozen reservoir on Holme Fell near Tilberthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Wetherlam rises in the distance.
Small ice-covered reservoir on Holme Fell near Tilberthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Wetherlam can be seen in the distance.
Stone bunk houses at Hodge Close, Tilberthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Silver birch catching the autumnal sunshine at Hodge Close near Tilberthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
An autumnal Lakeland view from a silver birch tree growing on a slag heap of Hodge Close Quarry, Tilberthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Little Langdale shelters beneath Lingmoor Fell while the Helvellyn and Fairfield massives loom in the distance.
A view of the Langdale Pikes from the green slate spoil heaps of Hodge Close Quarry in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A view of the Langdale Pikes from Hodge Close Quarry near Tilberthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
A derelict quarry building at Hodge Close Quarry near Tilberthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A light green slate was quarried from the 19th century until the early 1960s.
Textures at Hodge Close Quarry, near Tilberthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A light green slate was quarried from the 19th century until the early 1960s.
Machinery remains on the upper edge of Hodge Close Quarry near Tilberthwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria.
A light green slate was quarried from the 19th century until the early 1960s.
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 until 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.
Aerial view of Hodge Close Quarry, Tilberthwaite, Little Langdale in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Aerial view of the Tilberthwaite Quarries in trhe Lake District, Cumbria.
Hodge Close Quarry can be seen to the left of the photo.