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From Castlerigg Farm Campsite, looking towards Cat Bells. Lake District

Castlerigg (10 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (1.0 miles, 1.6 km)

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...

A picture of Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Threlkeld (12 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (3.1 miles, 5.0 km, direction NE)

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

Grange village in english countryside

Grange in Borrowdale (15 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction S)

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

Tiny Village

Watendlath (28 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction S)

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...

Forest covert with moss at Borrowdale

Borrowdale (38 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction S)

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

Bassenwaith

Bassenthwaite (39 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (6.1 miles, 9.9 km, direction NW)

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 (6.2 miles, 9.9 km, direction S)

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...

Buttermere. The Lake District

Buttermere (102 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction SW)

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

Glenridding, Cumbria

Glenridding (67 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction SE)

Glenridding lies in a beautiful area on the south-west side of Ullswater...

The Kirkstile Inn

Loweswater (17 Pictures)

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

Loweswater is centred in a landscape of grandeur, it is surrounded by Mellbreak Fell, Carling Knott Fell and Burnbank Fell, all excellent climbing and walking country giving views of a mountainous landscape reflected in sun-kissed pewter waters...

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

Patterdale (16 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction SE)

The village of Patterdale is a well known vantage point at the head of Ulleswater, close to Brotherswater...

Hause Farm B&B, Hallin Fell, Martindale, Cumbria

Martindale (2 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction E)

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Wasdale walk

Wasdale Head (42 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction SW)

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...

Wind power

Ullswater (364 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction E)

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.....

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

Cockermouth (4 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (10.5 miles, 17.0 km, direction NW)

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...

Farm close to Loughrigg Tarn and Grasmere

Grasmere (405 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction S)

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

Springtime in Caldbeck

Caldbeck (8 Pictures)

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

An old brewery stands beside the Caldbeck - a tribute to the cold clear waters which gave the village its name. Caldbeck, which means 'cold stream' in Old Norse, grew up where.....

Grasmere Lake

Rydal (62 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (12.0 miles, 19.2 km, direction SE)

Rydal in the lake district will be forever associated with the poet William Wordsworth who lived here and whose works reflect the beautiful landscape that so vividly captured his imagination almost from the moment he was born...

Leaping fish

Elterwater (25 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (12.0 miles, 19.4 km, direction S)

Elterwater is barely 200ft above sea level, it is picturesquely set beneath the glories of the Langdale Pikes..

Little Langdale

Little Langdale (41 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (12.6 miles, 20.2 km, direction S)

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

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Derwentwater as the daylight starts to go

Derwentwater (424 Pictures)

(0.6 miles, 1.0 km)

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)

(1.2 miles, 1.9 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.....

A picture of Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum (2 Pictures)

(3.3 miles, 5.3 km, direction E)

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A picture of Whinlatter Forest Park

Whinlatter Forest Park (7 Pictures)

(3.8 miles, 6.0 km, direction W)

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.....

A picture of The Bowder Stone

The Bowder Stone (6 Pictures)

(4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction S)

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Crummock Water, Lake District, Cumbria.

Crummock Water (37 Pictures)

(7.8 miles, 12.6 km, direction W)

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

The Lake District

The Lake District (1476 Pictures)

(9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction S)

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,.....

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

Langdale Pikes (45 Pictures)

(10.0 miles, 16.2 km, direction S)

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

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

Brothers Water (10 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction SE)

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

General view showing Cockermouth Castle and Jennings Brewery, Cumbria

Cockermouth Castle (1 Pictures)

(10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction NW)

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

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

Dove Cottage (6 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.6 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.....

Dalemain House & Gardens, Penrith, Cumbria

Dalemain House & Gardens (19 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction E)

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Wast Water

Wast Water (37 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction SW)

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,.....

Hardknott Roman Fort( Lake District )19th June 2005

Hardknott Roman Fort (3 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction S)

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Haweswater from Rigging dale ridge, Lake District

Haweswater (7 Pictures)

(14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction SE)

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Tarn Hows 5

Tarn Hows (98 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 23.9 km, direction S)

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

Penrith Castle in Penrith, Lake District at daybreak

Penrith Castle (13 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction E)

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

Lowther Castle (17 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction E)

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Brougham Castle, Penrith, Cumbria

Brougham Castle (12 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction E)

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

Shap Abbey (1 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.4 km, direction E)

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