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An ornamental lake and a bandstand may seem to be anachronistic in a rural community, but the park has been at the heart of many successful events and family outings for most of the 20th century.

The shallow lake provided a perfect boating area for many years until recently. Later, the rowing boats were to have competition from pedal craft.

view of Waterhead shows the Waterhead Hotel, built to serve the increasing numbers of tourists who were arriving by train at the lakeside station at Bowness, and catching a steamer up the lake

An idyllic scene: flowers in the foreground, the lake and the boat house against a setting of trees and shrubs — but the chimney of Bank Hall Colliery is a reminder that we are in Burnley.

The west channel heads round Dinish island whilst the east heads into Muckross Lake. In the foreground are a group of sightseers.

The Square is the natural focus of this former iron-mining town on the western fringe of Ennerdale and the Lake District hills.

Commoners could gather thatch for roofs, cut rushes to strew on the floor, dig sods of turf for fuel, catch wildfowl, and fish in the numerous small lakes as well as putting cattle, sheep and horses

It covers 22 acres and was laid out as a park in 1880 with a lake and other water features.

Here Cooper's house can be seen across the lily-covered lake. The house has now gone, but the gardens, which fell into decay, are now being restored.

Horse-drawn coaches wait patiently to take passengers from the boats at Waterhead, near Ambleside on Windermere.

Once inside the gate, we can see the main building across the boating lake.

Rowing and paddle boats were a common sight on the upper lake from the 1930s through to the 1970s.

It comprised 775 acres, including woodlands, lakes and a manor house, part of which was turned into refreshment rooms.

St Mary's church at Longfleet is seen from the lake in the new Poole Park.

In the background is the Old England Hotel, one of many which sprang up in this little town as tourism took hold in the Lake District at the turn of the 19th century.

All along the Nene valley hereabouts are flooded iron ore pits, some of which have been turned into fishing or boating lakes.

A rustic bridge spans an ornamental lake in this picturesque park.

Scale Force near Crummock Water is, at 172 ft, the Lake District's longest waterfall.

The lake was not just used for boating.

Although the Castle appears to be medieval, its turrets and battlements in fact date from a rebuilding in the late 1820s. The lake is part of the river Len.

The boating lake may also be seen. The Golden Hind, its sails furled on this occasion, is beside the pier.

Note the young conifers, recently planted in the interest of water purity, which now cloak the artificial lake with their dense canopy of branches.

Gatesgarth is a place name which comes from Old Norse language, as do many in the higher hills of the Lake District. It means 'the pass where the goats go'.

Overlooking the Marine Lake was the convalescent home. It was built to take advantage of the prevailing south-westerly winds, and it reinforced Southport's claim to be a health resort.