Pictures of England

Search:

Historic Towns & Picturesque Villages

A random view of Canterbury.

Canterbury a Historic City in the county of Kent

Recommended Towns & Villages near Cautley

Grisedale Tarn, Cumbria

Grisedale (3 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction E)

..

The viaduct at Beckfoot

Kendal (31 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction W)

Sometimes referred to 'the auld grey town' because it was built mainly of grey stone, Kendal is a large Market town in the east of Cumbria...

Wensleydale near Hawes, North Yorkshire

Hawes (108 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction E)

This is a thriving, friendly market town at the heart of Wensleydale, it shows beautiful old stone properties, quaint shops, galleries, craft workshops and cafe's arranged around winding cobbled streets...

Gayle, North Yorkshire

Gayle (17 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction E)

The picturesque village of Gayle is found amidst the glorious scenery of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is on the passage of the Pennine way, close to Hawes and the National Park Centre...

Ingleton Fall

Ingleton (80 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (13.3 miles, 21.3 km, direction S)

Ingleton thrives as a centre for those who take pleasure in exploring the vast underworld to be discovered beneath the limestone hills of this glorious scenic region...

Kisdon Force, Keld, North Yorkshire.

Keld (17 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (13.5 miles, 21.8 km, direction E)

Keld is a wonderfully scenic area at the head of Swalesdale. It is a lonely landscape with a small hamlet of stone cottages and outlying farms...

Muker in Swaledale

Muker (38 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (13.8 miles, 22.3 km, direction E)

Apart from having a place in the history of the Yorkshire Dales, Muker is a walkers paradise and a wonderful relaxing place to stay whilst discovering the beauty of the area...

Gates leading to Meaburn Hall, Maulds Meaburn, Cumbria

Maulds Meaburn (1 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction N)

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

The Station

Horton in Ribblesdale (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction SE)

Set in the valley at the foot of Pen-y-Ghent (one of Yorkshire's Three Peaks) is the picturesque village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale..

Semer Water, near Bainbridge, Wensleydale.

Bainbridge (11 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction E)

Bainbridge is the epitome of a typical Dales village, it comprises of picturesque old stone cottages, with a lively, well quarried stream running through it...

Clapham

Clapham (28 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction S)

The clear waters of Clapham Beck enter the town from the high slopes of Ingleborough where it scampers over a waterfall before plunging down into the town...

Boroughgate, the towns main street. Appleby-in-Westmoorland, Cumbria

Appleby-in-Westmorland (6 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (16.3 miles, 26.2 km, direction N)

Appleby, is situated in the valley of the River Eden near to Hoff Beck, stunningly beautiful, it is an ideal centre for both walking and touring...

Askrigg Village Centre.

Askrigg (10 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (16.3 miles, 26.3 km, direction E)

In 1587, Queen Elizabeth II granted a charter to this lively little village and in the 20th-century Askrigg claimed its place in history as the setting for the T.V. series based on the James Herriot stories of a vet's life in the Yorkshire Dales...

Gunnerside

Gunnerside (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction E)

This is an attractive village lying at the heart of a landscape made famous in the TV series "All Creatures Great and Small"...

Capernwray Hall, Capernwray

Capernwray (25 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (17.1 miles, 27.4 km, direction SW)

There is a lovely timeless atmosphere surrounding this old Lancashire village, maybe this is caused by the gracious properties hidden amongst the leafy lanes of the area...

Arnside, Cumbria

Arnside (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (17.1 miles, 27.5 km, direction SW)

This pretty village has all the ingredients of an old style fishing village with a delightful mix-match of charming properties rising up from a beach of firm golden sand littered with colourful sailing boats...

Windermere

Windermere (273 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (17.3 miles, 27.8 km, direction W)

Lake Windermere is England's largest lake, and one of it's most popular with visitors. It is 10.5 miles long and approx 1 mile wide. The water of the lake reaches a depth of.....

A picture of Bowness on Windermere

Bowness on Windermere (217 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction W)

This is the principal resort on Lake Windermere, it is a town crammed with quaint narrow streets jammed full of summer tourists which sprawls along the shores of the lake somewhere between Waterhead and Lakeside...

St. Oswald's Church, Warton (near Carnforth, Lancs.)

Warton (4 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (17.8 miles, 28.6 km, direction SW)

Warton is a pleasant village to visit. Interestingly, it is in a site considered to be of special scientific interest, quite possibly the home of early man...

Absolutely wonderful!

Troutbeck (61 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (18.1 miles, 29.2 km, direction W)

A village that is spread along an old valley road for around one and a half miles. Lots of charm and old cottages, surrounded by beautiful lakeland countryside. Beatrix Potter.....

Recommended attractions near Cautley

Sizergh Castle, near Kendal, Cumbria.

Sizergh Castle (28 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction W)

This ancient fortress has been the home of the Strickland family for more than 750 years. It began as a 60ft, four storey tower.....

Hutton Roof, Nr Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Jan 2006

Hutton Roof Crags (1 Pictures)

(13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction SW)

..

Levens Hall Garden, South Lakes

Levens Hall Garden (24 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction SW)

Levens Hall is a wonderful Elizabethan mansion, which began life as a medieval tower refuge against the Scots, it was completed.....

Littondale

Yorkshire Dales National Park (266 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction SE)

The unyielding screach of a curlew from the skies above, is often the only sound heard in the far upland reaches of the lonely.....

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

Shap Abbey (1 Pictures)

(15.7 miles, 25.3 km, direction NW)

..

Haweswater from Rigging dale ridge, Lake District

Haweswater (7 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.4 km, direction NW)

..

Windermere Boat Museum, Cumbria

Windermere Steamboat Museum (1 Pictures)

(17.8 miles, 28.7 km, direction W)

..

Arnside Pele (fortified tower)

Arnside Tower (4 Pictures)

(17.9 miles, 28.8 km, direction SW)

The oldest building in the parish of Arnside. Arnside Tower is a ruin of a Pele tower which were fortified structures quite.....

Warton Rectory, Lancashire

Warton Old Rectory (2 Pictures)

(18.0 miles, 29.0 km, direction SW)

..

Lake Windermere, Summer 2003

Lake Windermere (148 Pictures)

(18.3 miles, 29.4 km, direction W)

This is the Lake District National Park's most dazzling resort as well as being England's largest natural lake. It is surrounded.....

Garsdale Station on the Settle Carlisle Railway, located high in the Yorksire Dales National Park

Settle Carlisle Railway (9 Pictures)

(20.8 miles, 33.4 km, direction SE)

This spectacular train journey could easily be the most scenic train trip in the whole of the UK. The route is part of National.....

Aysgarth Lower Falls, Easter weekend 2007. Yorkshire Dales

Aysgarth Falls (49 Pictures)

(21.0 miles, 33.8 km, direction E)

These magnificent falls, although not the highest in the land are certainly one of the most picturesque sights in Yorkshire. The.....

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

Lowther Castle (17 Pictures)

(21.0 miles, 33.9 km, direction NW)

..

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

Brothers Water (10 Pictures)

(21.1 miles, 34.0 km, direction NW)

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

Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire

Malham Tarn & Moor (4 Pictures)

(21.3 miles, 34.3 km, direction SE)

Malham Tarn is a lake in the Yorkshire Dales National Park which inspired English novelist Charles Kingsley to write the classic.....

Bolton Castle in Castle Bolton, North Yorkshire. Mary Queen of Scots was once held prisoner here.

Bolton Castle (62 Pictures)

(21.4 miles, 34.5 km, direction E)

On a misty morning the ruined crenulated towers of Bolton Castle take on an eyrie aura and it is easy to imagine what this once.....

Malham Views

Malham Cove (30 Pictures)

(22.8 miles, 36.7 km, direction SE)

A natural limestone formation which is a national beauty spot, near Malham, North Yorkshire..

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

Dove Cottage (6 Pictures)

(22.9 miles, 36.8 km, direction W)

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

Brougham Castle, Penrith, Cumbria

Brougham Castle (12 Pictures)

(23.4 miles, 37.7 km, direction NW)

Coming Soon. Can you tell us about Brougham Castle? broughamcastle@picturesofengland.com..

Gordale Scar,  Malham Cove

Gordale Scar (8 Pictures)

(23.5 miles, 37.9 km, direction SE)

Painted by James Ward, written about by Wordsworth in a sonnet, this dramatic limestone ravine is an essential visit when in the.....


All attractions in Cautley
All attractions in Cumbria