Cumbria includes some of the most spectacular scenery in England, most notably the Lake District with its combination of mountain and lake scenery and its literary associations with the Lake District poets and Beatrix Potter. Also of note is the North Pennine area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Posts on photo locations in Cumbria can be selected from the list below, or found on the map.
Aira Force
Aira Force is a well know waterfall on the north side of Ullswater in the Lake District. The main fall ...
Appleby Horse Fair
Not so much a location as an event, the Appleby Horse Fair takes place over 4 days on the first ...
Ashgill Force
Whilst returning home from a weekend in Northumbria, we visited Ashgill Force in the northern Pennines, south of Alston. ...
Castlerigg
Castlerigg is one of the best known neolithic stone circles in the UK. It is located close to Keswick in ...
Clappersgate Footbridge
Clappersgate is a small village in the Lake District, about 1 mile west of Ambleside along the A593. There is ...
Hodge Close Quarry
Hodge Close Quarry is a large disused quarry in the Conniston Fells, a few miles north if the village of ...
Holme Park Fell
Holme Park Fell is a prominent hill on the east side of the M6 in Cumbria, well seen from Junction ...
Kelly Hall Tarn
Kelly Hall Tarn is a small tarn south of the village of Torver, in the Conniston area if the Lake ...
Loughrigg Tarn
Loughrigg Tarn is a small natural lake in the Lake District, about 2 miles west of Ambleside and half a ...
Loweswater
Loweswater is tucked away on the western fringes of the Lake District and is one of the least visited lakes ...
Moss Force
Moss Force is a prominent waterfall located close to Newlands Hause, the road linking the Buttermere and Newlands Valleys. The ...
Rydal Hall
Rydal Hall is a Grade 2 listed building which today is used as conference centre and retreat in the village ...
Skelwith Bridge
Skelwith Bridge near Ambleside is a favourite Lake District location of ours, not least for the excellent cafe at Chester’s ...
Stickle Tarn
Stickle Tarn nestles in a hollow above Great Langdale at the foot of the impressive cliff of Pavey Ark. It ...
Stock Ghyll
Stock Ghyll Force is the only major waterfall in the Lake District that can be reached by a short walk ...
