Photographs of Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape (AONB) on the Lancashire Coast.
Aerial view of Silverdale in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Lancashire.
St John's Church, Silverdale, Lancashire.
St. John's is a medieval style church built in 1885 to a design by Ball and Elce.
Silverdale Cove on the Lancashire Coast.
The round tunnel shaped cave in Silverdale Cove is a small example of a phreatic tube cave, which was formed by water pressure when the limestone cliffs were covered by the sea. Pleasure steamers from Morecambe used to bring Victorian and Edwardian sightseers to the cove.
Red Rake Iron Mine in Silverdale Cove, Lancashire.
Haematite (iron ore) and copper ore were once mined here. The mine entrance and small jetty have now collapsed.
The Smelt Mill Chimney near Jenny Brown's Point, Silverdale on the Lancashire Coast.
From the 16th century copper ore was mined close to Jenny Brown’s Point. A smelt mill was built in the 18th century to separate the metal from the ore. Only the chimney, ruined jetty and a few scattered bricks remain of this small old industry.
The Smelt Mill Chimney near Jenny Brown's Point, Silverdale on the Lancashire Coast.
From the 16th century copper ore was mined close to Jenny Brown’s Point. A smelt mill was built in the 18th century to separate the metal from the ore. Only the chimney, ruined jetty and a few scattered bricks remain of this small old industry.
The Smelt Mill Chimney at Jenny Brown's Point, Silverdale, Lancashire.
From the 16th century copper ore was mined close to Jenny Brown’s Point. A smelt mill was built in the 18th century to separate the metal from the ore. Only the chimney, ruined jetty and a few scattered bricks remain of this small old industry.
The Quicksand Pool passing the smelt mill chimney near Jenny Browns Point, Silverdale on the Lancashire Coast.
The Quicksand Pool flows from Leighton Moss into Morecambe Bay.
Muddy channels around a tributary of the Quicksand Pool near Jenny Brown's Point, Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
Patterns in the mud banks around a tributary of the Quicksand Pool at Jenny Brown's Point, Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
The Embankment, near Jenny Brown's Point in Silverdale, Lancashire.
This long line of boulders stretching out to sea was to have been an expensive land reclamation project of the 1860s. The scheme was abandoned when the company ran out of money and The House of Lords refused to back it.
Jenny Brown's Point in Silverdale, Lancashire.
The Point is said to be named after Jenny who kept pigs here in the 18th century.
A walker on the sands off Jenny Brown's Point in Silverdale, Lancashire.
Brown's Houses near Jenny Brown's Point, Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
Little is known about Jenny Brown except that she kept pigs here in the 18th century.
Low tide near Jenny Brown's Point, Silverdale on the Lancashire Coast.
The sun casting shadows on the the tree-lined Sea Lane from Jenny Brown's Point in Silverdale, Lancashire.
The huge limestone Giant's Seat on Jack Scout that affords wonderful views over the Kent Estuary. Silverdale, Lancashire
A distant view of Grange over Sands across the Kent Estuary from Jack Scout in Silverdale, Lancashire.
Storm clouds gather over Jack Scout and the Kent Estuary, Silverdale, Lancashire.
Jack Scout Lime Kiln, Silverdale, Lancashire.
Lime kilns, built from the 17th to 19th centuries, were furnaces designed for the burning of limestone. This burning process produces quicklime which was used as agricultural fertiliser and for the production of building mortar. Kilns are set into the side of low hills so that carts could deliver and easily drop limestone and firewood into them. To prevent the kilns themselves from burning, they had to be lined with sandstone. It was a gruelling and dangerous job with many fatalities.
A small dog on the path through the limestone woodland of Heald Brow in Silverdale, Lancashire.
Lindeth Tower, Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
Elizabeth Gaskell, the 19th century author and biographer of Charlotte Bronte often stayed here. She enjoyed writing in the top floor sitting- room. Her novels include, Wives and Daughters, Cranford and Mary Barton..
Aerial view showing the management of the reed bed at Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve, Silverdale, Lancashire.
The flooded Public Causeway after torrential rain at Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve, Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
Free public access.
Footpath through the reedbeds of RSPB Leighton Moss in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
This photo was taken in the RSPB Nature Reserve.
Admittance charge.
Evening sun over the reed beds of RSPB Leighton Moss in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire,.
This photo was taken from the sky tower in the RSPB Nature Reserve.
The main drain, Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve, Silverdale in Lancashire.
Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
Admission charge.
Mute swan - Cygnus olor.
Mother and cygnets at Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve in Silverdale, Lancashire.
Aerial view of Crag Foot, The Embankment, Jenny Brown's Point and RSPB Leighton Moss, Silverdale, Lancashire.
Crag Foot Chimney was the site of a mid 19th century pumping station, built to drain the mosses so they could be used for agriculture. Since the pumping stopped, the area has reverted back to marshland and from 1974 it has become an important RSPB nature reserve. Regular dredging of the peat is needed to maintain the levels of open water on the reserve.
Aerial view of Hawes Water in Gaitbarrows Nature Reserve, Silverdale, Lancashire.
Hawes Water in Silverdale, Lancashire.
This small lake, lying in a deep limestone trough gouged out by glaciers, is the largest natural lake in Lancashire.
The ruined summerhouse of Challan Hall at Hawes Water, Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
N.B. 'Do Not Enter' signs removed.
Woodwell, Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
Woodwell is one of several natural springs around Silverdale, where rainwater, seeping down through cracks in the limestone, reaches an impermeable layer of clay through which it can’t pass. Above such a layer the rock becomes saturated and the water is forced to move sideways as a spring. Woodwell was a popular drovers’ watering stop and a source of village water until the arrival of mains water in 1938.
The pond fed by a natural spring at Woodwell, Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
Ponies in a field at Waterslack in Silverdale, Lancashire.
Trowbarrow Quarry can be seen in the distance.
The Shelter Stone at Trowbarrow Quarry, Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
This large plug of limestone was used as a shelter by quarry workers.
Trace stick fossils and coral fossil on the limestone walls of Trowbarrow Quarry in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
The trace stick fossils are the tubes of excreted material left behind by sand burrowing creatures such as worms or shellfish.
Trace stick fossils on the limestone walls of Trowbarrow Quarry in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
The trace stick fossils are the tubes of excreted material left behind by sand burrowing creatures such as worms or shellfish.
The Beech Circle, Eaves Wood, Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.