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Holme Cultram Abbey, Abbey Town, Near Silloth, Cumbria
Abbey Town

A pleasant village to wander around, there is a graceful three arched bridge built in 1770 and a fine collection of attractive cottages...

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Allithwaite, Cumbria. Holme Lane looking towards Boarbank
Allithwaite

Allithwaite is a small village situated a couple of miles inland from the favoured resort of Grange-over-Sands. It is also within easy reach of Cartmel with its racecourse and old priory...

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Alston, Cumbria -
Alston

At a height of over 1,000 feet in the far reaches of the Pennines, this is one of England's highest market towns. Alston is a lively bustling place of steeply rising narrow.....

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Ambleside Church.
Ambleside

Ambleside, meaning "Shieling" or summer pasture by the riverbank, lies next to the northern shore of Lake Windermere. A busy victorian town ideal as a base when visiting the Lake District..

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

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...

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Arnside in Cumbria, sunset over the Kent estuary, September 2006. -
Arnside

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...

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Askham

Snow tinges the broad grass verges of tree lined streets and a weak, late afternoon sun, filters down across the view of Lowther Castle situated at the edge of the village...

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Backbarrow

Set amidst the charm of the Lake district, close to the fringe of Windermere, this attractive village makes an inspiring choice from which to forage further into a magical heartland of silver lakes, lofty towering peaks and lonely gorse clad moors...

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Downtown Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
Barrow in Furness

Barrow-in-Furnace is defined by three things, the glorious red Sandstone ruins of Furnace Abbey, founded by King Steven in 1132, its beautiful sea and coastline where visitors thrill to the exciting sight of tall ships competing in the Tall Ship's Festival, and the magical views of Lakeland's distant towering peaks...

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Bassenthwaite, Cumbria
Bassenthwaite

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,.....

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St Michael & All Angels, Beetham, Cumbria
Beetham

This is a village that at one time almost feared for its very existence as modern transport thundered through its ancient cobbled streets...

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The Lake District. Beacon Tarn on a perfect late autumn day.
Blawith

Idyllic landscape of lonely fells dominated by the steely pewter of Beacon Tarn. It lies in the shadow of the Old Man of Coniston, with the southern tip of the lake being within easy walking distance...

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On the tops above Boot, Eskdale, Cumbria.
Boot

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...

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The shelter, Green Gable, Borrowdale, Cumbria
Borrowdale

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

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A picture of Bowness on Windermere
Bowness on Windermere

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...

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A picture of Talkin Tarn Country Park
Brampton

One of the loveliest features of Brampton is its octagonal Moot Hall, built by the Earl of Lancaster in 1817...

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Looking across the Lickle Valley near Broughton Mills, Cumbria, in autumn.
Broughton Mills

It offers a panorama of superb views in all directions, and is certainly one of the most magnificent walking areas close to the western fringe of the Lake District National Park...

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A picture of Broughton-in-Furness
Broughton-in-Furness

This attractive little place can boast of once being an important market town with a history stretching back to around the 15th and 16th centuries...

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Buttermere Lake in the Lake District
Buttermere

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

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Springtime in Caldbeck
Caldbeck

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.....

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