The Lake District
Fine Art Prints of The Lake District For Sale
This collection of Lake District landscape photography prints features the mountains surrounding the most popular walking and climbing centres of Keswick, Wasdale, Glenridding, Patterdale, Buttermere and Grasmere. The Lake District is one of the most popular areas in Britain, famous for its mountains, forests and lakes offering a peaceful environment with appeal to all ages. Here, within a compact area of less than one thousand square miles, are to be found some of the most challenging and spectacular walking and climbing routes in England and equally a wealth of roadside and elevated locations to satisfy the objectives of even the most demanding photographer.
The character of the region owes much to its geology, which is complex. The rock formations, although not as ancient as those to be found in the Scottish Highlands, have been similarly folded and uplifted before being subjected to the actions of glaciers and meltwater. The valleys and lakes radiate outwards like the spokes of a wheel and at its rocky heart stands England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike, 978m (3,210ft) overlooking its deepest lake, Wastwater, perhaps the most awe-inspiring and most photographed of all the lakes and embraced by an amphitheatre of peaks including Great Gable, Lingmell and Yewbarrow.
Wastwater
The classic view of Wastwater and the surrounding peaks of Yewbarrow, Great Gable and The Scafell Pikes.
Striding Edge Helvellyn
Seen from neighbouring Nethermost Pike, Striding Edge on Helvellyn rises steeply from the depths of Grisedale.
The Scafell Pikes and Wastwater
Scafell Pike, Scafell and Lingmell are seen to perfection in morning light from across the depths of Wastwater.
Skiddaw and the Anti-Twilight Arch
The snow covered slopes of Skiddaw are highlighted against the skyscape of the Arch of Anit-twilight.
The Scafell Pikes and Great Gable
A panoramic view of the head of Wastwater including Great Gable, Lingmell and both Scafell and Scafell Pike.
Great Gable from Wastwater
The classic view of Great Gable seen beyond the head of Wastwater on a perfectly clear November morning.
The Scafells in Winter
From a shoulder on Esk Pike in winter, looking across Eskdale and the snow covered ridge of The Scafells.
Derwentwater
Derwentwater from Grisedale Pike to the Jaws of Borrowdale from the summit of Castle Head.