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At this time, private boat ownership was beyond the means of all but the wealthiest visitors, so this was most people's only chance of enjoying the scenery from the lake.

Victoria Street leads off Church Street, now the A591, in this busy little town which was originally known as Birthwaite, but changed its name to match that of the nearby lake when the railway arrived

Tucked between Crummock Water and Buttermere lake, the village is set in imposing Lakeland scenery.

This Celtic-style monument in the Lake District marks the grave of John Ruskin, the artist and philosopher, who helped to bring about the Gothic revival in Victorian architecture and a resurgance of interest

Other coaches wait for their passengers outside the other hotels for a day on the lakes.

The coping stones round the lake were put in place around 1900.

The lack of traffic in the main street is in sharp contrast with the scene today in this busy little village in the south-west Lakes.

At this time, the great mountains of the Lake District were just being 'discovered' by climbers such as the Abraham Brothers of Keswick, O G Jones, and Walter Parry Haskett Smith.

Street at this time.Victoria Street leads off Church Street, now the A591, in this busy little town; it was originally known as Birthwaite, but it changed its name to match that of the nearby lake

The original town was built around a six acre lake called the Mere, its southern edge bordered by a large village green.

The lake provides a focal point for Batchley Estate, and has acquired a fringe of vegetation since 1955.

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.

The lake provides a focal point for Batchley Estate, and has acquired a fringe of vegetation since 1955.

A marvellously peaceful view of Lough Cloon, about eight miles north of Ballinrobe, one of the many lakes in this part of Mayo, of which the largest is Lough Mask.

The overhanging first-floor jetties of the whitewashed houses add to the medieval charm of the village, which is a favourite of the many visitors to the Lake District.

Like Broadfield Park, the grounds were developed as a mixture of formal and informal areas with breathtaking lawns and a lake.

past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.The lack of traffic in the main street is in sharp contrast with the scene today in this busy little village in the south-west Lakes

Hotel in 1847—the same year as the Kendal and Windermere Railway reached the town— and his yellow-and-black coaches provided a connecting service from the adjacent station to various parts of the Lake

The boating lake, with its little wooden rowboats (made by Thickett's, the Grimsby boatbuilders) opened in 1924, the first major work in the great 1920s foreshore development plan transforming what until

Here children tentatively set out on a journey across the boating lake at Shoeburyness. This playground area was close to the sea.

Grafham Water is a reservoir for Anglia Water, constructed between 1962 and 1965, covering 2½ square miles - one of the largest lakes in England.

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

A mile to the west lies Fleet Pond, Hampshire's largest freshwater lake.

The Mooragh Park, Lake, and Golf Links were part of a major development begun in 1887 that also included Mooragh Promenade with its fine late-Victorian terraced properties.