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Boot

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria

Harwich, May 2001

Harwich

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Gates leading to Meaburn Hall, Maulds Meaburn, Cumbria

Maulds Meaburn (1 Pictures) in the county of Cumbria

(3.4 miles, 5.5 km, direction SW of Colby)

Hunter Davies (famous author, journalist and broadcaster) described the village as "... one of the most beautiful villages in the country"...

Ullswater, winter reflections near Glenridding.

Ullswater (364 Pictures) in the county of Cumbria

(13.9 miles, 22.4 km, direction W of Colby)

Ullswater is considered by many to be the lake districts most beautiful lake. It is 7.5 miles of pure beauty, and as you approach it from any direction you will see why. Ullswater.....

Low Force, Forest- in-Teesdale, County Durham

Forest-in-Teesdale (30 Pictures) in the county of County Durham

(14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction NE of Colby)

It's landscape, possessed of a wild untamed beauty, highlighted by the meandering River Tees, has a few ancient farmhouses and old stone cottages...

Miners Arms, Nenthead, Cumbria

Nenthead (14 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria

(16.3 miles, 26.2 km, direction NE of Colby)

Nestling beside the sparkling River Nent, Nenthead lies on Alston Moor, in a lonely remote North Pennine Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, between the pleasant market town of Alston and the Killhope lead mining museum...

Alston, Cumbria

Alston (32 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria

(16.7 miles, 26.8 km, direction N of Colby)

At a height of over 1,000 feet in the far reaches of the Pennines, this is one of England's highest market towns. Alston is a lively bustling place of steeply rising narrow.....

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Shap Abbey, near the village of Shap in Cumbria, taken in 1963

Shap Abbey (1 Pictures)

(7.9 miles, 12.8 km, direction SW)

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Lowther Castle with Norman Lowther from Manassas, VA - a direct descendant of Sir Richard Lowther.

Lowther Castle (17 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction W)

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Brougham Castle, Penrith, Cumbria

Brougham Castle (12 Pictures)

(9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction NW)

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Penrith Castle in Penrith, Lake District at daybreak

Penrith Castle (13 Pictures)

(10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction NW)

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Haweswater from Rigging dale ridge, Lake District

Haweswater (7 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction W)

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Long Meg & her Daughters (Maughanby Circle)- near Penrith, Cumbria

Long Meg & her Daughters (14 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction NW)

The 12 foot high mass of sandstone known as Long Meg can be found close to a circle of smaller "daughter" stones in a spectacular.....

Dalemain House & Gardens, Penrith, Cumbria

Dalemain House & Gardens (19 Pictures)

(12.8 miles, 20.7 km, direction W)

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