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This is one of the classic views of the Lake District; it is now used by the modern National Park Authority as its logo.

The tiny hump-backed bridge at Ashness on the narrow road which leads up from the eastern shore of Derwent Water to the Norse hamlet of Watendlath has been seen on countless Lake District calendars,

This is one of the classic views of the Lake District; it is now used by the modern National Park Authority as its logo.

The Monks' Pond (or lake) lies to the south east of the priory ruins on Whitby Lane.

Here we see the feeder stream and the lily stream at the lake; note the clean appearance of its surrounds.

Despite its natural appearance, the lakes of Tarn Hows are in fact artificial, and there were once several smaller tarns.

Nowadays it combines a golf, hotel and leisure resort with residential lodges and a caravan park, all located around sizeable lakes.

Here a group of visitors pause to admire the view from Purse Point across the lake towards Glenridding.

Note the symmetry of this early residential development on Lake Road East with its grand row of houses book-ended by conical towers.

The stately Gothic pile of Wray Castle can just be seen peeping over the trees in the background of this photograph, taken near its boathouse on the lake.

This hamlet, at the foot of Buttermere in the western Lake District, takes its name from Old English, and means 'the lake by the dairy pastures'—where the butter is made.

The lake at Crookes Valley Park is in fact one of Sheffield's older reservoirs, converted for use as a boating lake and for fishing.

There are over 130 lakes in the Water Park, making it the largest man-made complex of its kind in Britain.

This is one of the classic mountain views in the Lake District, with the glaciated knife-edge of Striding Edge leading off eastwards towards High Spying How from the 3,118 ft summit of Helvellyn, one of

Despite its natural appearance, the lakes of Tarn Hows are in fact artificial, and there were once several smaller tarns.

Penruddock is a small village on the edge of the Lake District National Park, about five miles west of Penrith. Its name is thought to be Celtic in origin.

Kendal has always been an important service centre for the southern Lake District, and today is the headquarters of both the South Lakeland District Council and the Lake District National Park Authority

Despite its natural appearance, the lakes of Tarn Hows are in fact artificial, and there were once several smaller tarns.

The lake has attracted racing skiffs, ferry steamers and fishing punts in its time. The boathouse on the north side has also been the base for rowing clubs.

The stately Gothic pile of Wray Castle can just be seen peeping over the trees in the background of this photograph, taken near its boathouse on the lake.

The higher rainfall and the natural lakes of Wales have always been necessary to meet the water requirements of England.

The Bowness Ferry across the narrowest part of the lake was originally a hand-rowed opera- tion. But in 1870, twenty-six years before this photograph was taken, it became steam-operated.

Ullswater snakes into the Lake District hills for seven and a half miles, from Pooley Bridge to Glenridding, and has three major and quite different stretches.

The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.