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Mildenhall, Suffolk

Mildenhall

in the county of Suffolk

Early evening playtime on the wettest street in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire

Slimbridge

in the county of Gloucestershire

Recommended Towns & Villages near Loweswater

Buttermere, Cumbria, Haystacks and the path to Scarth Gap (clearly visible)

Buttermere (102 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (3.3 miles, 5.4 km, direction SE)

Even when swirling mist rolls in over the stark fells surrounding Buttermere, the little hamlet remains serene in its simplicity and beauty...

The Herdwick Tup, COCKERMOUTH, The Lake District, Cumbria 2005.

Cockermouth (4 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction N)

Cockermouth is ideally placed to be used as a centre for touring the Lake District National Park. It has a High Street seemingly unaltered, and is ringed by some of the finest scenery in England...

Grange in Cumbria

Grange in Borrowdale (15 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction E)

A picturesque village in the Borrowdale valley, one of the most beautiful valleys in England...

Pack horse bridge

Wasdale Head (42 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (8.2 miles, 13.3 km, direction S)

Vast, lonely landscape of towering fells, jewel like streams and tarns situated at the head of the Wasdale Valley with the mighty Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain and Great Gable forming an almost uniformity range of mountains in the distance...

Castle Crag, Borrowdale, Cumbria

Borrowdale (38 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction SE)

There is little doubt that Borrowdale possess some of the most unforgettable of all in the vast landscape of The Lake District National Park...

Vale of Keswick, Cumbria

Keswick (465 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction E)

Keswick is a pretty Market Town that nestles between the spectacular Skiddaw Mountains and the northern end of the serene Derwentwater Lake within the Lake District National Park.....

So calm

Watendlath (28 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction E)

A place of great beauty, Watendlath's dramatic landscape inspired writer Sir Hugh Walpole to choose it as the setting for his Rogue Herries series...

Winter Solstice 2011, Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick, Cumbria

Castlerigg (10 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction E)

Castlerigg is a favoured destination for tourists, it is easily accessible from the market town of Keswick and is within easy reach of the snaking waters of the pretty River Greta, picturesque becks and fells...

Bassenwaith

Bassenthwaite (39 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (8.9 miles, 14.4 km, direction NE)

This is the most northerly of all the lakes, it resembles beaten silver nestling between the sun dappled heights of soaring fells and mountains. Almost at its shores are Barf,.....

Heron Crag in the Langstrath Valley  near Smithymire Island and Stonethwaite Borrowdale

Stonethwaite (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (8.9 miles, 14.4 km, direction SE)

Tucked away in a quiet part of Borrowdale where streams tumble down crags amongst a patchwork of old pack-horse trails, scenery does not come more beautiful than that which surrounds this peaceful hamlet in the Langstrath Valley...

River Derwent, WORKINGTON, Cumbria `With The Lakeland Fells In Background'

Workington (7 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (9.7 miles, 15.5 km, direction NW)

Ancient market town of quintessential English charm, where you could easily swap the modern day cars parked in gracious tree-lined avenues for the horse and carriage of Victorian times...

Various shots around Whitehaven

Whitehaven (79 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction W)

This attractive, historic Cumbrian resort owes much to the ingenuity of the Lowther family, who developed Whitehaven as a port for shipping and the export of Cumbrian coal...

Gentle farmland of lower Wasdale with the dramatic backdrop of the screes.

Nether Wasdale (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (10.8 miles, 17.3 km, direction S)

Nether Wasdale lies opposite Wasdale Head at the western fringe of Wast Water...

A picture of Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Threlkeld (12 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction E)

This is a magical area of sparking lakes, tumbling waterfalls, high peaks and vast moorland regions...

Maryport Harbour,West Cumbria.

Maryport (12 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (11.5 miles, 18.6 km, direction NW)

Today, first and foremost Maryport is a splendid resort town on the beautiful Solway coast, it is steeped in the maritime history of two thousand years of sea...

Irish Sea from St. Bees

St Bees (26 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction SW)

St.Bees, the most westerly coastal village on the wild cumbrian coast, is a vision of loveliness...

Call Box in Boot, Lake District, County Cumbria, England

Boot (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction S)

Boot is one of Lakeland's precious jewels, a charming stone village surrounded by towering scenery which includes two of the regions most scenic waterfalls, the Dalegarth Force and Birker Force...

Looking down on Eskdale, Cumbria, on a crisp November morning.

Eskdale Green (26 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction S)

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Loughrigg Tarn, near Grasmere.

Grasmere (402 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction SE)

This tiny stone village is beautifully set between the tranquil waters of Grasmere Lake and the jagged heights of Helm Crag and Nab Scar..

Little Langdale

Little Langdale (41 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction SE)

Little Langdale is a delightful hamlet in a hauntingly beautiful area lying above the Furness Fells...

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Crummock Water, Lake District, Cumbria.

Crummock Water (37 Pictures)

(1.8 miles, 2.8 km, direction SE)

The romantic setting between high fells gives Crummock Water its character. It is somewhat overshadowed by other better known.....

A picture of Whinlatter Forest Park

Whinlatter Forest Park (7 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction E)

If you happen to visit Keswick in Cumbria do not miss out on Whinlatter Forest Park, for this superb gift of nature is a real.....

General view showing Cockermouth Castle and Jennings Brewery, Cumbria

Cockermouth Castle (1 Pictures)

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction N)

These wonderful ruins of a by-gone age can be discovered in the charming inland resort of Cockermouth, amongst Lakeland's.....

A picture of The Bowder Stone

The Bowder Stone (6 Pictures)

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction SE)

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Derwentwater as the daylight starts to go

Derwentwater (424 Pictures)

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction E)

Derwentwater is one of 16 Lakes set within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. It is one of the most northerly of the.....

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Castlerigg Stone Circle (41 Pictures)

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction E)

The best time to view Castlerigg Stone Circle is that eyrie time when night is just giving way to dawn. It is then, with a.....

Wast Water

Wast Water (37 Pictures)

(9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction S)

Wast Water is the deepest lake in England at 280 feet deep. The awesome peaks of Sca Fell and Great Gable tower over the wild,.....

A picture of Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum (2 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction E)

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A view of Langdale Pikes, Little Langdale, Cumbria from Tarn Hows.

Langdale Pikes (44 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.7 km, direction SE)

These famous pikes rise loftily above the village of Langdale, whilst below visitors can savour the wild and desolate beauty of.....

The Lake District

The Lake District (1476 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction SE)

I first saw the Lake District many years ago, when for eight out of my eleven day sojourn, it rained, and rained! None-the-less,.....

St Bees Head in Cumbria

St Bees Head (7 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.2 km, direction SW)

These are the only cliffs on the coast of Cumbria, and it here visitors can catch a glimpse of the sheer drama of sea-birds, for.....

Hardknott Roman Fort( Lake District )19th June 2005

Hardknott Roman Fort (3 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 21.0 km, direction S)

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Dove Cottage in Grasmere. The one time home of the Poet William Wordsworth

Dove Cottage (6 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction SE)

Dove cottage in the Lake District is the former home of the poet William Wordsworth and is where he wrote much of his famous.....

Muncaster Castle, Cumbria

Muncaster Castle (33 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.0 km, direction S)

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Brothers Water from Kirkstone Pass, English Lakes. September 2006. Cannon Powershot 400

Brothers Water (10 Pictures)

(17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction E)

Dorothy Wordsworth (c.1771-1855, diarist, poet, sister of William ) referred to it as "..the glittering lively lake..". The.....

Tarn Hows 5

Tarn Hows (98 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.4 km, direction SE)

This exceptional magical landscape is known as Beatrix Potter Country. For it is here amongst Lakeland's magnificent tarns and.....

Holme Cultram Abbey, Abbey Town, Near Silloth, Cumbria

Holme Cultram Abbey (6 Pictures)

(18.5 miles, 29.8 km, direction N)

This was a Cistercian foundation of the 12th century of which the nave is now the parish Church of St.Mary, and although the.....

Dalemain House & Gardens, Penrith, Cumbria

Dalemain House & Gardens (19 Pictures)

(20.7 miles, 33.4 km, direction E)

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Haweswater from Rigging dale ridge, Lake District

Haweswater (7 Pictures)

(21.8 miles, 35.0 km, direction E)

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Windermere Boat Museum, Cumbria

Windermere Steamboat Museum (1 Pictures)

(21.9 miles, 35.3 km, direction SE)

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