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Through the photographs of Mike Morton
Lakeland Beyond
Follow the links to explore specific regions of Cumbria, and galleries of other images by Mike Morton
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The Cumbria pages will also detail attractions, places to stay and things to do. As we extend the site we will add a few sample itineraries based around public transport or walking, and other useful tips. However, the focus will not be on the well known attractions of Bowness or Keswick, rather we will highlight some of the 'secrets' of Cumbria, lesser known places such as the West Cumbrian Coast or the Eastern Fells.
To purchase photographs or large format images please contact Mike on 01539 531258 or email: mike@lakelandbeyond.com
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NN1: Carlisle: The Borders & Lower Eden Valley
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NN2: Solway: Maryport & the Solway Coast
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NN3: Derwent: Keswick. Bassenthwaite & the north lakes
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NE1: Eden: Penrith, Alston & the Eden Valley
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NE2: Eamont: Ullswater, Haweswater& Shap
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NE3: Pennine: Appleby, Sedbergh & the Pennines
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UPDATED: 5/3/2011
NEWS UPDATES
West Cumbria:
Ehen / Esk / Irt
North Cumbria: Derwent
South Cumbria: Leven
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Lakeland's Forests
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NW1: Cocker Cockermouth, Buttermere & Crummock Water
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NW2: Ehen Whitehaven, Workington & Ennerdale
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NW3: Irt Wasdale, Gosforth & Seascale
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NW4: Esk Ravenglass, Eskdale & Duddon Valley
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Map pages take longer to open than other pages
We have further subdivided the regions following natural and political bondaries, mainly based on valleys radiating from the central massif of the Lake District. Many of the regions have been named according to the main rivers into which they drain. For example Windermere drains into the Leven Valley and Coniston nto the River Crake.
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NS1: Brathay: The Langdales, Grasmere & Rydal
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NS2: Crake: Coniston, Tarn Hows & Grizedale
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NS3: Leven: Windermere. Troutbeck & Hawkshead
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NS4: Kent: Kendal, Kentmere & Kirby Lonsdale
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NS5: Bay: Furness & Cartmel Peninsulas. Morecambe Bay
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Despite the recent Government U-turn on proposls to sell-off all of the public-owned forests in England,
Lakeland's many Forestry Commission managed woods and forests are stil threatened under current legislation.
Click on the banner above for full details about the campaign to Save Lakeland's Forests,
or visit por sister site www.lakelandbeyond.com for further informations about woodland in the Lake District
Enjoy your local woodlandt to celebrate National Forest Day
20 March 2011: Forest Walk & Picnic - Chapel House (Staveley-in-Cartmel) from 12:00
20 March 2011: Forest Walk & Picnic - High Stand (Armathwaite) from 12:00
Natural broad-leaved forest once covered much of the Lake District to an altitude of up to 2000 feet. However, the demand for timber and charcoal was so great that most of the region was deforested by the late sixteenth century and natural regeneration was suppressed by extensive grazing, especially from sheep. Conifers were planted for timber in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries but demand increased, especially to supply pit props during the First World War. As a consequence the Foresty Commission was created and large areas of the Lake District were reforested.
After the Second War voices began to be heard opposing the march of endless conifers which were destroying the natural landscape and the beauty of the Lake District and reducing its natural diversity. As a consequence the focus moved away from the central Lake District to the fringes where huge commercial forests were planted in places like Ennerdale. One person who was very vocal was the walker and writer Alfred Wainwright, His much loved guidebooks are littered with comments about the way in which the Forestry Commission was destroying the character of his beloved Lakeland and restricting access to the fells from Grizedale to Ennerdale. Here are a couple of quotes from his book 'The Western Fells' regarding Ennerdale:
"The sands are fast running out for those who would climb Bowness Knott to enjoy its fine full-length view of Ennerdale. Plantations have recentrly encroached on the summit and unless walkers keep a trail blazed through an abomination of forest trees the highest point of the fell will be inaccessible in a few years."
"Low Beck and High Beck are joyful streams ... but they have few visitors, and less since the growing plantations gradually hid them from the sight of travellers in the valley and muted their merry music. Except where the forest roads cross their courses they can neither be properly seen nor easily reached, nor is it possible to follow their banks. A canopy of foreign trees is dimming their sparkle, and they are taking on the sombreness of their new environment. Things are not what they used to be in Ennerdale. They never will be, ever again."
Quite a warning, and one repeated over and over again. Wainwright wrote those words in 1966. However, perhaps he wouldn't recognise the Ennerdale he was desribing nowadays for the Forestry Commission has changed completely and now recognises the role of recreation and the importance of preserving our environment. Over the last 20-30 years Ennerdale has been subject to a massive natural regeneration scheme - the so-called 'Wild Ennerdale' project which has seen the reintroduction of native species and the creation of a true natural wilderness along the upper valley of the Liza towards Blacksail. Here, nature has returned - there are deer, otters and a host of birds previously lost to the never ending march of the conifers. And it is not only in Ennerdale; there have been schemes in Grizedale and there are similar plans for Miterdale and Chapel House near Windermere. People are encouraged to enjoy the forests and even in the commercial plantations well-maintained forest tracks are widely used by mountain bikers, horse riders, orienteers and even by young mothers pushing the kids in a push-chair or granny in a wheelchair.
However, all of this is in danger of being lost once more. How long before profit-driven enterprises turn back the clock and Wainwrights warnings ring true once more? If the proposed sell-off of the Forestry Commission goes ahead we should be very concerned. Who will pay to regenerate Miterdale or Chapel House? Who will allow mountainbikers and horse riders to use the tracks in commercial plantations? And how long will it be before multi-purpose forests like Grizedale and Whinlatter turn into monotonous, sombre swathes of spruce trees? Even if the tourist potential of these last two continues to be harnessed what about all the other woods and forests? Will we still be able to walk over a carpet of bluebells in Chapel House in a few years? Or watch red squirrels in Blengdale? Or take a party of school children orienteering in Dent and Uldale? Rights of access will be protected for walkers but will the footpaths be maintained? And what about the car parks that have been fenced off at the forests already sold and the padlocks on gates that now keep out the horse riders and the mountain bikers ... and the pushchairs, and the wheelchairs, and the children that we should be encouraging to make more use of the outdoors?
Please add your voice to the campign to SAVE OUR FORESTS from thisridiculous threat. Sign the petition on the 38degrees website, join one of the various local campaigns or, if you live here in Cumbria check-out www.savelakelandsforests.org.uk for the latest updates to see how you can help, and the dates of forthcoming rallies. Remember, these are your forests ... a legacy for future generations. if you are in Cumbria there is already one closer than you think ... just check out the list on the right.
Extract from Save Lakeland's Forests Press Release - 27.1.2011
Save Lakeland’s Forests has criticised the Government’s plans to transfer public forests to new owners.
The group has accused Ministers of trying to pull the wool over people’s eyes and says the proposals would be a disaster for public access and environmental protection.
Lord Clark of Windermere, a former Chairman of the Forestry Commission, says: “The Government is trying to convince people that this is not privatisation. The fact is that their plans would mean selling off vast swathes of our public forests, in places like the Lake District, on long leases to the private sector.
“These proposals would lead to a serious reduction in access to our public forests and undermine the important environmental work that the Forestry Commission does on our behalf.”
Although the consultation has only just started, legislation currently being debated in Parliament will give the Government the power to sell off all the public forests at any point in the future. At present they cannot sell more than 15%.
For all the latest please check out: www.savelakelandsforests.org.uk
Download our Poster HERE (PDF)
These are our Lakeland forests
- We need to protect them before it is too late
North Cumbria
Dodd (Bassenthwaite - CA12)
Howgill & Messengermire (Bassenthwaite - CA12/CA13)
Isel (CA13)
Kershope Forest (Bewcastle - CA6/TD9)
Parson's Park (Caldbeck - CA7)
Spadeadam Forest (CA6/CA8)
Whinlatter (CA12/CA13)
Wythop (Bassenthwaite - CA12/CA13)
Eastern Fells
Broomrigg (Armathwaite - CA4)
Coombs Wood (Armathwaite - CA4)
High Stand (Armathwaite - CA4)
Matterdale (CA11)
West Cumbria
Blengdale (Gosforth - CA20)
Broadmoor (Ennerdale Bridge - CA23)
Cogra Moss (Lamplugh - CA13/CA14)
Cropple How (Eskdale - CA18)
Ennerdale (CA12/CA13/CA20/CA23)
Giggle Alley (Eskdale - CA19)
Hardknott/ Birks Bridge (Duddon Valley - CA19/LA20)
Heckbarley & Crag (Ennerdale - CA23)
Lowther Park (Cold Fell - CA22/CA23)
Miterdale (CA19)
Irton Pike (CA19LACA20)
Parkgate (CA19LACA20)
Skalderskew (Copeland Forest - CA20)
Uldale & Dent (Egremont - CA22/CA23)
South Lakes
Barrowfield Wood (Brigsteer - LA8)
Bessy Bank (Nibthwaite - LA12)
Broughton Moor (LA20)
Canny Hill (Newby Bridge - LA12)
Chapel House (Cartmel Fell - LA8/LA11/LA12)
Claife (Windermere - LA22)
Dalton Crags (Burton-in-Kendal - LA6)
Dalton Park Wood (Burton-in-Kendal - LA6)
Eggerslack Wood & Hampsfield
(Grange-over-Sands - LA11)
Grizedale (LA12/LA21/LA22)
(Arnside - LA5/LA7)
High Loft Wood (High Newton - LA11)
Linsty Green (Backbarrow - LA12)
Low Dale Park (Rusland - LA12)
Rigg Wood (Coniston - LA21)
Sawrey Ground (Hawkshead - LA22
Striceley (Rusland - LA12)
Underlaid Wood (Storth - LA5/LA7)
Whitbarrow (LA8/LA11/LA12)
Map of Forests (Link)
Cumbria and the Lake District for the future.
Friends of the Lake District represents CPRE (the Campaign to Protect Rural England) in Cumbria.
See: www.fld.org.uk for more information.
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