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There are many aerial photographs on this website, taken by Simon Ledingham from his gyrocopter, which is based at Carlisle Airport. If you want original copies of any of his photos for publication, or prints, or permission to use the pictures on other websites, then get in touch and I'll pass the message on.
Gyroplanes share the generic category of "Rotorcraft" with helicopters.
Like a helicopter, a gyroplane generates the lift needed to fly by using rotors rather than wings - that is the one and only similarity they have. Unlike a helicopter, the rotors are not actually powered - all they need to keep moving is a flow of air over their surfaces. The lift this creates will become a self-sustaining force which both keeps the aeroplane in the air and keeps the rotors turning. Also unlike a helicopter, a gyroplane has a propeller which is powered by the engine to generate thrust which moves the machine forward. For more information about gyroplanes, see www.gyroplanes.org.
At May 2008 some 560 pages on this website have aerial photographs by Simon, with some pages - the Pennine Villages, for example, having many photos on. There are also many ground level photos he has taken.
Towns and Villages :
Abbeytown, Allonby, Alston, Ambleside, Anthorn, Appleby, Armathwaite, Askham, Aspatria, Bampton, Bassenthwaite, Bowness on Solway, Braithwaite, Brampton, Brough, Caldbeck, Carlisle, Cleator, Cleator Moor, Cliburn, Cockermouth, Crackenthorpe, Crosby Ravensworth, Crosscanonby, Dalston, Culgaith, Dufton, Eamont Bridge, Edenhall, Egremont, Ennerdale Bridge, Eskdale Green, Gamblesby, Garrigill, Gilsland, Gosforth, Grange in Borrowdale, Great Ormside, Great Orton, Great Salkeld, Greystoke, Hallbankgate, Hawkshead, Hesket Newmarket, Keswick, Kings Meaburn, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Thore, Kirkoswald, Langwathby, Little Salkeld, Longtown, Lorton, Loweswater Village, Lowther Village, Maryport, Maulds Meaburn, Mawbray, Melmerby, Milburn, Morland, Mungrisdale, Near Sawrey, Nenthead, Nether Wasdale, Newton Arlosh, Orton, Pardshaw Patterdale Penrith, Pooley Bridge, Port Carlisle, Ravenglass, Ravenstonedale, Rockcliffe, Sedbergh, Seascale, Shap, Silloth, Skinburness, St Bees, Tebay, Temple Sowerby, Threlkeld Village, Thursby, Walton, Thursby, Warwick Bridge, Wasdale Head, Westnewton, Wetheral, Whitehaven, Wigton, Workington, Wreay,
Churches :
Abbeytown - Holme Cultram Abbey, Abbeytown - Holme Cultram Abbey Fire, Addingham , Aikton, Ainstable, Allonby, Alston, Ambleside, Appleby, Arlecdon, Armathwaite, Askham , Aspatria, Bampton, Barton, Bassenthwaite - St Bega, Bassenthwaite, Beaumont, Beckermet old church, Beckermet - St John, Bewcastle, Bigrigg, Blackford, Bolton, Boltongate, Bowness on Solway, Brampton, Old Church, Brathay, Bridekirk, Brigflatts Meeting House, Brigham, Bromfield, Brough, Brougham (Ninekirks), Brougham, Broughton Moor, Burgh-by-Sands, Burneside, Buttermere, Caldbeck, Calder Bridge, Calthwaite, Camerton, Carlisle - Stanwix, Carlisle - Upperby, Carlisle - West Walls, Carlisle Cathedral, Castle Carrock, Cleator, Cleator (RC), Cleator Moor, Cleator Moor - Wath Brow Mission, Cliburn, Clifton (Workington), Clifton, Cockermouth, Cockermouth, Cotehill, Croglin, Crook, Crook- old church tower, Crosby Garrett, Crosby on Eden, Crosby Ravensworth, Crosscanonby , Culgaith, Cumdivock, Cumrew, Cumwhitton, Dacre, Dalston, Dean, Dearham , Distington, Drigg, Dufton Methodist Chapel, Dufton/Knock, Eaglesfield , Edenhall, Egremont, Embleton, Ennerdale, Far Sawrey, Farlam, Flimby , Frizington, Gamblesby , Garrigill, Gilcrux, Gilsland, Gosforth Cross/Church, Grange , Great Broughton, Great Musgrave , Great Orton, Great Salkeld, Great Strickland, Greystoke, Grinsdale, Haile church, Harrington, Hawkshead, Hayton (Allonby), Hayton (Brampton), Hesket in the Forest, Hethersgill, Holme Eden, Holme St Cuthbert, Houghton , Hutton in the Forest, Ireby, Ireby old Church, Irthington, Irton Cross/Church, Isel, Ivegill, Keld Chapel, Keswick - Crosthwaite, Keswick, Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, Kirkbampton, Kirkbride, Kirkby Stephen Parish Church, Kirkby Thore, Kirkland , Kirklinton, Kirkoswald, Lamplugh, Lanercost Priory, Langwathby, Lazonby , Little Strickland (Thrimby), Long Martons, Longtown - Arthuret, Lorton, Low Wray, Loweswater , Lowther, Mallerstang / Outhgill, Martindale, Martindale, Maryport, Maryport - Ellenborough Methodist church, Maryport - Netherton - All Souls, Maryport, Matterdale, Mealsgate - All Hallows, Mealsgate - All Hallows old church, Melmerby , Milburn, Moresby, Morland , Mosser, Muncaster, Mungrisdale, Murton, Nenthead, Nether Denton, Nether Wasdale, Newbiggin , Newlands, Newton Arlosh , Newton Reigny, Nicholforest , Ormside, Orton, Ousby , Pardshaw - Quaker Meeting House, Penrith - St Andrew, Plumbland, Plumpton Wall , Ponsonby church, Pooley Bridge , Raughton Head, Ravenstonedale, Renwick, Rockcliffe, Rosley , Scaleby, Scotby, Seascale , Sebergham, Sedbergh St Andrew's, Sedbergh School Chapel, Selside, Setmurthy , Shap, Silloth - Causewayhead , Silloth, Skelton, Skirwith, Soulbye, South Stainmore , St Bees Priory, St John in the Vale, Stapleton, Tebay, Temple Sowerby, Thornthwaite, Threlkeld, Thursby, Torpenhow, Uldale, Upper Denton, Walton, Warcop, Warwick Bridge (RC), Warwick on Eden, Watermillock, Waverton, Welton, Westnewton , Westward , Wetheral, Whitehaven - Hensingham, Whitehaven - Kells, Whitehaven St Nicholas, Wigton, Workington, Workington, Workington - West Seaton , Wreay, Wythop - Old Keswick Chapel, Wythop,
Castles, abbeys, and pele towers etc :
Appleby - Castle, Barrow-in-Furness - Piel Castle, Bewley Castle, Bewcastle - Bew Castle, Brackenhill Tower, Brough - Augill Castle, Brough Castle, Brougham Castle, Brougham Hall, Burneside Hall, Calder Abbey Ruins, Carlisle Castle, Carlisle Cathedral - Priors Tower, Clifton Hall Pele Tower, Cockermouth - Isel Hall, Cockermouth Castle, Dacre Castle, Dalston - Rose Castle, Egremont Castle, Eskdale - Irton Hall, Greystoke Castle, Kirkoswald Castle, Lammerside Castle, Lowther Castle, Mallerstang - Pendragon Castle, Muncaster Castle, Penrith - Castle, Scaleby Castle, Shap - Abbey, Stonegarthside Hall, Tebay - Castle Howe, Thistlewood Tower, Triermain Castle, Warwick Bridge - Toppin Castle, Wetheral Priory Gatehouse, Wharton Hall, Whitehall Pele Tower, Workington - Hall,
Houses and Gardens:
Bassenthwaite - Mirehouse, Cockermouth - Wordsworth House, Derwentwater - Derwent Isle House, Hutton-in-the-Forest, Near Sawrey - Hill Top, Penrith - Dalemain, Larch Cottage Nursery, Temple Sowerby - Acorn Bank Garden, Temple Sowerby - Winderwath Gardens, Wray Castle,
Railway features :
Ais Gill Viaduct, Alston - South Tynedale Railway, Appleby - Station, Armathwaite Viaduct, Armathwaite Station, Carlisle Settle Steam Special, Carlisle Settle Tunnels, Crosby Garrett Viaduct, Cliburn Station, Crowdundle Viaduct, Culgaith - Station and crossing, Dry Beck Viaduct, Eden Lacy Viaduct, Griseburn Viaduct, Kirkby Stephen Station, Langwathby Station, Lazonby Station, Little Salkeld - Long Meg Signal Box, Little Salkeld Viaduct, Long Marton Viaduct, Low House Crossing, The Lune Valley Railway, Ormside Viaduct, Ribblehead Viaduct, Smardale Viaduct, Solway Junction Railway, Stainmore Railway - The Northern Viaducts Round, The Stainmore Railway - History, Wetheral Viaduct, The Waverley Line, Penrith Station, Ravenglass Station, Mosedale viaduct,
Visitor centres / attractions :
Caldbeck - Priests Mill, Cockermouth - Jennings Brewery, Hartside Cafe, Melmerby - The Village Bakery, Penrith - Oasis Holiday Village, Penrith - Rheged, Seascale - Sellafield Visitor Centre, Nenthead Mines Heritage centre, Silloth - Bank Mill Nursery,
Museums :
Carlisle - Solway Aviation Museum, Keswick - Pencil Museum, Maryport - Roman Museum,
Lakes, Tarns, Waterfalls, Coast, Passes :
Appleby - Rutter Force, Bassenthwaite - Overwater Tarn, Bassenthwaite Lake, Brampton - Talkin Tarn, Brothers Water, Cleator - Longlands Lake, Crummock Water, Derwentwater, Derwentwater - Friars Crag, Ennerdale Water, Esthwaite Water Haweswater, Lamplugh - Cogra Moss, Loweswater Lake, Mockerkin Tarn, St Bees - Fleswick Bay, Orton - Sunbiggin Tarn / Great Asby Scar, Tindale Tarn, Ullswater, Ullswater Cruises, Wastwater, Windermere,
Roman remains :
Crosscanonby milefortlet and saltpans, Gilsland - Birdoswald Fort, Gilsland - Willowford Bridge, Hadrian's Wall Aerial Photos, Plumpton VOREDA Roman Fort, Banks East - Turret 51B & 52A
Stone circles etc :
Cockermouth - Elva Plain Stone Circle, Crosby Ravensworth - Ewe Close Settlement, Ennerdale - Kinniside Stone Circle, Orton - Gamelands stone circle, Keswick - Castlerigg Stone Circle, Little Salkeld - Little Meg Stone Circle, Little Salkeld - Long Meg Stone Circle, Moor Divock Stone Circles, Penrith - King Arthur's round table, Penrith - Mayburgh Henge, Seascale - Grey Croft Stone Circle Shap - Kemp Howe Stone Circle, Brackenber Moor - Druidical Judgement Seat,
Animal Attractions :
Maryport - Lake District Coast Aquarium, Penrith - Alpaca Centre, Sedbergh Holme Farm, World Owl Trust, Langwathby - Eden ostrich World, Cockermouth - Sheep and Wool Centre,
Woods and Forests :
Derwentwater - Brandlehow Wood,
Monuments and memorials :
Black Dub Monument, Burgh-by-Sands - Edward I Monument, Penrith - Beacon, Muncaster - King Henry VI monument, Countess Pillar,
Dales and Valleys :
Mallerstang Valley, Lorton Valley,
Industrial Heritage :
Egremont - Florence Mine, Little Salkeld Mill, Penrith - Wetheriggs Country Pottery, Temple Sowerby - Acorn Bank Mill, Whitehaven - Haig Colliery Mining Museum, Spadeadam, Lime kilns,
Other buildings :
Appleby - St Annes Hospital, Appleby - TIC, Beatrix Potter's Derwentwater, Brampton - TIC, Brough - Fox Tower, Carlisle - page 2, Carlisle Eden Bridge, Cockermouth - Hames Hall, Eskdale - Gatehouse, Great Ormside - 'The Underground House, Greystoke Follies, Hayton - Edmond Castle, Hospitals in North and West Cumbria, Lanercost Old Bridge, Lazonby Eden Bridge, Longtown - Coop House, Maryport - Harbour, Outward Bound Centres in Cumbria, Pele Towers in Central and North Cumbria, Pele Towers in Central and South Cumbria, Sedbergh Ingmire Hall, Tebay - M6 Services, Whitehaven - Harbour Regeneration, Whitehaven - Moresby Hall, Workington - Schoose Farm, Carlisle - Garlands Hospital Chapel, Appleby St Michael, Houghton Hall Garden Centre, Smardale Hall, Sleddale Hall, Aira Point and Lyulph's Tower,
Other :
Foot and Mouth Disease in Cumbria - 2001, Haaf Fishing, Kirkby Stephen - Nine Standards, Little Salkeld - Lacys Caves, North Pennines - Cross Fell, North Pennines - Great Dun Fell, North Pennines - High Cup Nick, Fox's Pulpit, Firbank Fell, Scots Dike, Appleby Horse Fair, Windfarms in Cumbria, Whinash Windfarm Enquiry in Cumbria, Wharrels Hill Wind Farm, Gypsum Mining in Cumbria, Temple Sowerby by-pass construction, Moricambe Bay, Broughton Moor, Great Langdale,
Photo Sequences :
M6 motorway, Cumbrian Coast, Pennine villages, River Eden, Hadrian's Wall Aerial Photos, Carlisle Settle Steam Special, West Coast Main Line Steam Special, Allerdale District villages, City of Carlisle villages, Eden District towns and villages, Eden valley Railway,
Other pages with non aerial photos :
Carlisle Settle Photos, Honister Slate Mine, Langwathby scarecrow Festival, North Cumbria Tractor Club Ploughing Competition, Eden Benchmarks, Kirkby Stephen Poetry Path,
See Simon's photos at Geograph.
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