Photographs of Arnside, a scenic tourist village on the Kent Estuary in the Arnside and Silverdale Natural Landscape (AONB), Cumbria.
Dawn light over the Kent Viaduct, Arnside in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
The Kent Viaduct is 505m long, has 50 piers, and carries the Carnforth to Barrow in Furness railway line over the Kent Estuary. It was first built in 1857 along the line of an old ford by James Brunless. The fifty sandstone pillars were erected when it was enlarged during WW1 to carry heavy freight trains to and from the Barrow-in-Furness dockyards.
A train on the Kent Viaduct, Arnside in Cumbria.
The Kent Viaduct is 505m long, has 50 piers, and carries the Carnforth to Barrow in Furness railway line over the Kent Estuary. It was first built in 1857 along the line of an old ford by James Brunless. The fifty sandstone pillars were erected when it was enlarged during WW1 to carry heavy freight trains to and from the Barrow-in-Furness dockyards.
The Kent Viaduct and the end of Arnside Pier Arnside, Cumbria, UK.
Arnside was once a small port The pier was built in 1860 by the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway Co. to enable ships to unload at Arnside rather than at Milnthorpe which had become inaccessible due to the silting up of the estuary following the building of the railway viaduct in 1857.
Arnside Pier and the Kent Estuary, Arnside, Cumbria, UK.
Arnside was once a small port.
The pier was built in 1860 by the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway Co. to enable ships to unload at Arnside rather than at Milnthorpe which had become inaccessible due to the silting up of the estuary following the building of the railway viaduct in 1857.
The pier had to be rebuilt in 1984 following storm damage.
A snow-covered Helvellyn can be seen in the distance.
The village of Arnside on the Kent Estuary in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
Sunset over the Kent Estuary from Arnside in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
Late sun on the Kent Estuary, Arnside in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
Aerial view of Arnside, Silverdale Moss, Middlebarrow Quarry, Sandside, Storth and the Kent Estuary.
Aerial view of Arnside, the Kent Estuary and Meathop Marsh, Cumbria.
Aerial view of Arnside, New Barns Creek and the Kent Estuary, Cumbria.
This photo shows the dangers of being surrounded by an incoming tide in the estuary.
Aerial view of New Barns Creek near Arnside, the Kent Estuary and Morecambe Bay.
Aerial view of New Barns Creek and Frith Wood on Blackstone Point, Arnside, Cumbria.
New Barns Creek, Arnside in the Arnside and Siilverdale AONB, Cumbria.
Pockets of the invasive spartina grass can be seen in the foreground.
Aerial detail of the sand and saltmarsh patterns in New Barns Creek, the Kent Estuary at Arnside, Cumbria.
Sea club rush and spartina grass at White Creek, Arnside in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
Grange over Sands lies beyond the Kent Estuary.
Arnside Point, Arnside in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
Heysham Power Station can be seen in the distance.
A view across the Kent Estuary to Grange over Sands from the cliffs near Arnside Point in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
Walking on the sands of the Kent Estuary near Park Point at Arnside in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
Park Point, Arnside in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
Heysham Power Station and the Lancaster Ashton Memorial can be seen in the distance.
Arnside Tower, Arnside, Cumbria.
Arnside Tower was a pele tower, originally five stories high. It is believed to have been built about 1375 during the reign of Edward III as a protection from invasion by the Scots. It was destroyed by fire in 1602 and then rebuilt. A storm in 1884 blew down one of the walls and it is now in a dangerous state of disrepair. Arnside Knott can be seen to the left of the tower.
The 14th century Arnside Tower, Arnside, Cumbria.
Arnside Tower was a pele tower, originally five stories high. It is believed to have been built about 1375 during the reign of Edward III as a protection from invasion by the Scots. It was destroyed by fire in 1602 and then rebuilt. A storm in 1884 blew down one of the walls and it is now in a dangerous state of disrepair.
Arnside Memorial Clock Tower on the Promenade, Arnside in the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Cumbria.
Memorial drinking fountain, Arnside in Cumbria.
The fountain is dedicated to a young boy, Dick Grosvenor, who died in 1903.
Ye Old Fighting Cocks, Arnside, Cumbria.
Ye Old Fighting Cocks dates in parts from the 17th century and is said to still have the cock-pit under the floor.
St James Parish Church, Arnside, Cumbria.
Built in 1860s to a design by Miles Thompson.
St James Parish Church, Arnside, Cumbria.
Built in 1860s to a design by Miles Thompson.
The Saint Stephen and St David window by Abbott & Co, in St. James Parish Church, Arnside, Cumbria.
The 1919 Truth window by Shrigley and Hunt in St. James Parish Church, Arnside, Cumbria.
Arnside Railway Station, Arnside, Cumbria.
The station was opened in 1858 by the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway.
The Lakelander steam train, LMS Stanier Class 8F 48151 beside the signal box at Arnside Station in Cumbria..
The signal box, built in 1897 for the Furness Railway, is a listed building because it was probably designed by Austin and Paley of Lancaster.
Aerial view of Arnside Knott, the Kent Estuary and Kent Viaduct, Arnside, Cumbria.
Image taken from a hot-air balloon.
Arnside Knott trig point at 159.1 metres, Arnside, Cumbria.
A rather strange placement as it is obviously not at the highest point.
The Toposcope on Arnside Knott in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
A memorial seat to Councillor HB Lawson who died in 1981. Anrside Knott, Arnside in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
The Knotted Trees, Arnside Knott, Arnside in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Cumbria.
According to legend, in the 19th century two larch saplings were knotted together by lovers. Only the ’h’ shaped stumps remain, but efforts have been made to knot two more trees nearby. .
Aerial view of the River Kent entering Morecambe Bay, Cumbria.
Holme Island lies in the fnear side and Arnside Park on the far side of the estuary.