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Must have been taken within the bounds of The Lake District, National Park

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View on Glenridding Ullswater by 29Breizh33

From Silver Bay Walk / Lake District National Park /
Keswick Market by Andi Duncan

A shot of the Town Hall in Keswick, a busy Saturday market day.
Grisedale Beck With Dollywaggon Pike by SteveMG

Click Here For Large Framed View Dollywaggon Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands on the main spine of the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells, between Thirlmere and the Ullswater catchment.
Pooley Bridge Boathouse by redstar5

A misty boathouse at dawn on a cold October morning
Tarn Hows by photoshotgun

Tarn Hows, Cumbria UK! A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. A corrie may be called a cirque. The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn meaning pond. Its more specific use as a mountain lake emerges as it is the commonly used term for all ponds in the mountainous areas of Northern England, particularly Cumbria. Here, it retains a broader use, referring to any small lake or pond, regardless of its location and origin. Wapedia Tarn Hows is an area of the Lake District National Park, containing a picturesque tarn, approximately two miles (3.2 km) northeast of Coniston and about one and a half miles (2.5 km) northwest of Hawkshead. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the area with over half a million visitors per year in the 1970s and is managed by the National Trust. Tarn Hows is fed at its northern end by a series of valley and basin mires and is drained by Tom Gill which cascades down over several small waterfalls to Glen Mary bridge: named by John Ruskin who felt that Tom Gill required a more picturesque name and so gave the area the title ‘Glen Mary’. Location – Lake District / Coordinates - / 54.383°N 3.033°W / Lake type – artificial / Primary outflows – Tom Gill / Basin countries – United Kingdom Max. length – 971 m / Max. width – 258 m / Surface area – 0.15 km2 / Shore length -1 3.1 km / Surface elevation – 180 m / Islands – 5 History The Tarn Hows area originally contained three much smaller tarns, Low Tarn, Middle Tarn and High Tarn. Wordsworth’s Guide Through the District of the Lakes (1835 edition) recommends walkers to come this way but passes the tarns without mention. Until 1862 much of the Tarn Hows area was part of the open common grazing of Hawkshead parish. The remaining enclosed land and many of the local farms and quarries were owned by the Marshall family of Monk Coniston Hall (known as Waterhead House at the time). James Garth Marshall (1802-1873) who was the Member of Parliament for Leeds (1847-1852) and third son of the industrialist John Marshall, gained full possession of all of the land after an enclosure act of 1862 and embarked on a series of landscape improvements in the area including expanding the spruce, larch and pine plantations around the tarns; demolition of the Water Head Inn at Coniston; and the construction of a dam at Low Tarn that created the larger tarn that is there today. By 1899 Tarn Hows was already an important beauty spot. H.S. Cowper mentions “Tarn Hows, beloved by skaters in winter and picnic parties in summer. Here comes every day at least one charabanc load of sightseers from Ambleside or Windermere”. A wooden boat house that was still standing in the 1950s at the south east corner of the tarn probably dated from this period. In 1913 G.D. Abraham said “Tarn Hows is set wildly among larches and heather slopes, more like a highland lake than the other waters in Lakeland… more suitable for pedestrians than motorists”. In 1930 the Marshall family sold 4000 acres (16 km²) of their land to Beatrix Heelis of Sawrey (better known as Beatrix Potter) for £15000. She then sold the half of this land containing the tarn to the National Trust and bequeathed the other half to them in her will. Tarn Hows was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1965. The National Trust have made a number of more recent changes to the area including moving the car parks to a less obtrusive place in the 1960s and general footpath and road improvements to minimize the damage caused by the visitors. In May 2008 a building designed to harmonise with the landscape was opened, providing toilets and an information display under a sedum roof. [1 Wapedia
Peace,Calm and Tranquility. by Martin Appleby

Blea tarn is set in the langdale valley in the lake district national park and with it’s stunning views of side pike on the left and langdale pike and harrison stickle it makes it a must for any photographer. / Taken with a nikon d60,sigma 10-20mm lens, exposure 1/2 sec, f/20, iso 100 /
Wastwater by eddiej

Wastwater is England’s deepest lake and lies in a remote valley to the west of Cumbria. To the right are the famous steep slopes known as the Wastwater Screes which were formed as a result of ice and weathering erosion on the rocks of the Borrowdale Volcanic group that form the fells to the east of the lake towards Eskdale. They are approximately 2,000 feet, from top to base, the base being about 200 feet below the surface of the lake. / Wastwater is surrounded by some of Cumbria’s most famous mountains including Scafell Pike,Red Pike,Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Yewbarrow. / Wastwater is 3 miles long,half a mile wide and 260 feet in depth and is the deepest of all the lakes. / Wordsworth described Wastwater as ‘Long, narrow, stern and desolate’ but Coleridge had an entirely different opinion and considered it to be “a marvelous sight”
Buttermere Reflections by JamieGreen

Taken at the start of a walk onto the High Stile Range by Buttermere in the English Lake District on 7th October 2009. / I love Buttermere at this time of year, peaceful and relaxing… / The autumn colours are coming on. / Sony Alpha 350 DSLR 18-70 lens single RAW tonemapped in Photomatix / Featured in The Lake District National Park November 2009 /
Glenridding Landings by SteveMG

Click Here For Large Framed View Steamer Pier on Ullswater in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Angle Tarn under Bow Fell - On a Clear Day by Rob Parsons

01.06.09 – Taken with a Fujifilm 10mp s8100 Sorry Jamie – couldn’t resist !!
Bassenthwaite by Phil Dixon

Bassenthwaite. Lake District National Park Cumbria.
View along a glacial u-shaped valley by Duncan Payne

This image shows a footpath following along the side of a valley carved out in a U shape, by a glacier.

Recent Work

Take the world off your feet for 5 minutes by Shaun Whiteman

Taken with a Canon 50D, Sigma 10-20 lens at 10mm, F11 shutter speed 1/20 seconds, ISO400, tweaked in Photoshop This shot was taken last weekend, this is a view over Grasmere in the English Lake District. I dedicate this shot to all the people in the Lake District who are currently suffering with the terrible floods at the moment. More information here Please view large
The Floods Subside by JamieGreen

The Bridge at Backbarrow in the English Lake District at 9.15 am on 21st November 2009 after the floods….the bridge walls are gone completely and although by the evening the waters were all back under the bridge ,it remains impassable and more rain is coming. / I was moved by the sight of the policeman standing guard to think of his poor colleague in Workington who died yesterday when a bridge there collapsed into the river…........ / Sony Alpha 350 DSLR single RAw tonemapped in Photomatix
A Different View Of The Dolly Blue by JamieGreen

The balcony of my local bar, the Dolly Blue, at the Whitewater Hotel in Backbarrow,Lake District National Park on 20th November 2009 at 9.00 am / There had been up to 14” of rain on the fells in the central Lake District and all the water from the Windermere catchment area comes through Backbarrow….the hotel is just downstream of the bridge which was by now UNDER the river….and the waters were pouring into the hotel restaurant on the upper verandah and down over the bar..good job I’ve plenty of booze at home…the bridge between me and the bar has all but gone… / Sony Alpha 350 DSLR single RAW tonemapped in Photomatix.18-70 lens / See The Dolly Blue Bar /
Ullswater Mountains in Cumbria by wendy1968

Ullswater mountains in Cumbria
Fleetwith Pike Reflections, Lake Buttermere. by Martin Appleby

One of my first ever shots taken with my nikon d60 at lake buttermere in the lake district. / It was raining very heavy when i set off from kendal around 4oclock in the morning with abit of thunder and lighting mixed in. / This shot was taken around 6oclock just as the sun was rising and i was gifted with some fantastic reflections of fleetwith pike on the lake
Lakeland views by Jason Connolly

shot on my ascent of Bow fell looking back to the Langdale valley in the English lake district national park, Cumbria. / Shot with a Nikon D70s and 18-70mm lens. / f16 / 1/45 sec / ISO 200 /
Blencathra Summit by mikebov

Blencathra summit from Doddick Fell (Best viewed LARGE) / At the summit of Doddick Fell ( the lower summit to the right) we forked right to Foule Crag and the spectacular views of Sharp Edge, We returned via the saddle to the main summit (Hallsfell Top) / Our descent was via narrow edge and Halls fell (The left hand ridge in this view). / Blencathra / Lake District / Cumbria 2 images stitched with panorama maker 3 / Panasonic fz50 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / At this time 20th Nov 2009, the lake district & the whole of cumbria are suffering from severe flooding. / 12” of rain having fallen in just 24 hours / My thoughts go out to all the good people of Cumbria
Blencathra from Tewet Tarn by redstar5

Blencathra seen from a frozen Tewet Tarn at sunrise on a cold Autumn morning in the English Lake District
Cumbrian landscape by Jason Connolly

Shot on my trek up to Catbells on the west side of Derwentwater in the English lake district national park / HDR / Shot with a Nikon D70s. /
Langdale Valley Views by Jason Connolly

shot on my ascent of Bow fell looking back to the Langdale valley in the English lake district national park, Cumbria. / Shot with a Nikon D70s and 18-70mm lens. / f16 / 1/45 sec / ISO 200 /
The Brathay above Skelwith Force by JamieGreen

The River Brathay as it approaches the falls. You can just see the fairly new footbridge across the river that helps you avoid the main road on the way to Colwith Force in the lake District National Park. / Sony Alpha 350 DSLR and 18-70 lens HDR 3 shots autobracketed and tonemapped in photomatix / Featured in All Countries-Wetland, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers in March 2009 /
Clouds clearing over Loughrigg Tarn by Shaun Whiteman

Taken with a Canon 50D, Sigma 10-20 lens at 10mm, F11 shutter speed 1/8 seconds, ISO100, tweaked in Photoshop The forecast for the Lake District yesterday was pretty poor; heavy rain and high winds….yes it did rain for a while but it was reasonably calm. By mid afternoon the clouds began to break and we got some amazingly moody scenes around the Loughrigg area….I love it when a plan comes together!!! Please view large