Photographs of Levens, Brigsteer, Sizergh and the beautiful Lyth Valley in the extended Lake District National Park of South Cumbria.
LOCAL GALLERIES: Scout Scar - Witherslack - Bowness on Windermere
LOCAL WALKS: Brigsteer Discovery Walk
St John's Church, Helsington, Brigsteer near Kendal in Cumbria.
The original church was built in 1726, but was rebuilt in 1845. Inside, a mural of the fells and angels was painted by Marion D’Aumanet in 1920. The unique tooled leather alter was crafted in 1912.
Scout Scar milepost, Helsington, Brigsteer, Kendal, Cumbria.
Milestone Society National ID: WE_KDBS02.
A view over the Lyth Valley towards Whitbarrow from Helsington Barrows near Kendal in South Cumbria.
St. John's Church, Levens, Cumbria.
The church, built in 1828 was funded by the Howards of Levens Hall.
The three bells in a Japanese style lychgate outside St John's Church in Levens, Cumbria.
These bells were brought to levens from Milnthorpe in 1912 by the Rev. Sidney Swan, who wrote in his autobiography,
"I made a lych gate, and got three Milnthorpe steel bells which were only used as flower pots, for their tone was so evil. These I hung in a Japanese shed in the churchyard and struck with a wooden mallet that greatly improved their tone. I greatly restored the church considerably in other ways."
Levens Hall, Levens in Cumbria.
Originally built as a pele tower in the mid 14th century, but much of the present building dates from the Elizabethan era. Grade 1 Listed.
Admission charge. This photo was taken within the grounds of Levens Hall.
The topiary gardens of Levens Hall, Levens in Cumbria.
These are the oldest topiary gardens in the world.
Admission charge. This photo was taken within the gardens of Levens Hall.
Levens Park, Levens, Cumbria.
A walker and her dog stroll through the mile-long avenue of oak trees planted by Beaumont which was originally the grand carriage drive leading to Levens Hall. When a tree dies, a new one is planted in its roots.
The herd of Norwegian black fallow deer in Levens Park, Levens, Cumbria.
Levens Lime kiln, beside the A590 at Levens in Cumbria
Limestone was thrown into the top of these 18th-19th century kilns and burned to produce quicklime for farming and building.
Aerial view of Scout Scar and the Lyth Valley in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Arnside and the Kent Estuary can be seen in the distance.
Aerial view of Cunswick Fell, Cunswick Scar and Cunswick Tarn, Kendal, Cumbria.
Scout Scar beyond and Arnside can be seen across the Kent Estuary in the distance.
Aerial view of Cunswick Scar and Cunswick Tarn, Kendal, Cumbria.
Scout Scar is seen in the distance.
Crook Morris Dancers at Damson Day in the Lyth Valley, Cumbria. Verbal permission given
Sizergh Castle, home of the Hornyold-Strickland family at Helsington near Brigsteer in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
The earliest part of the building is a pele tower dating from the 14th or 15th centuries. Grade 1 listed.
Admission charge. This photo was taken in the grounds of Sizergh Castle.
Sizergh Castle, home of the Hornyold-Strickland family at Helsington near Brigsteer in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The earliest part of the building is a pele tower dating from the 14th or 15th centuries. Grade 1 listed.
Admission charge. This photo was taken in the grounds of Sizergh Castle.