Photographs of Grange over Sands, a popular Victorian and Edwardian seaside resort on the northern shores of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria.
Grange and Cartmel Fells - Cartmel - Witherslack - Flookburgh and Humphrey Head
Aerial view of Grange over Sands and Humphrey Head in South Cumbria.
This aerial shot, taken from a hot-air balloon shows the railway station, the Lido and Humphrey Head. Blackpool Tower is just visible in the distance.
Aerial view of the sands, waters and salt marsh around Holme Island and Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
Great Crag, Little Crag and Long Crag lie off Holme Island.
Aerial view of the sands around Holme Island, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, UK.
Aerial view towards a mist-covered Windermere and the Lakeland Fells from above Hampsfell, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
The Railway Station, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
This lovely station is a listed building, designed by E.G. Paley of Lancaster and built in 1872 by the Furness Railway Company.
Taking a stroll along The Promenade, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
The Promenade was built in 1902 for the enjoyment of the Victorian tourists.
Taking a stroll along The Promenade, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
The Promenade was built in 1902 for the enjoyment of the Victorian tourists.
A view of Holme Island and Arnside Knott from The Promenade, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
Autumn in the Ornamental Gardens, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
The ornamental gardens are on the site of an old creek which filled with sea water twice every day.
The War Memorial in the Ornamental Gardens, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
The Normandy Veterans Memorial in the Sunken Garden, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
The Sunken Garden is believed to be the most historic site in Grange over Sands. It is thought to be the site of a granary built by the 12th century Augustinian Canons of the nearby Cartmel Priory.
The 1895 bandstand in Park Road Gardens, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
The Parish Church of St Paul, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
Originally built in the 1850s with later additions by Henry Paley of Austin and Paley.
The Netherwood Hotel, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
A Victorian hotel with castellated folly.
Spring Bank lime kiln, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
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.
Eggerslack Wood, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
Many of the trees in Eggerslack Wood were coppiced (cut right back to their base) to produce lots of new straight shoots for bobbin manufacture and charcoal burning. .
The village of Lindale in South Cumbria.
The tall iron obelisk is a memorial to John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson, an ironworker and inventor who lived in the village from 1750. John Wilkinson produced the iron for and helped design the world's first iron bridge at Ironbridge and he also made the world's first iron boat in 1787.
The John Wilkinson Memorial at Lindale in Cumbria.
The tall iron obelisk is a memorial to John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson, an ironworker and inventor who lived in the village from 1750. John Wilkinson produced the iron for and helped design the world's first iron bridge at Ironbridge and he also made the world's first iron boat in 1787.