Ann Kitchen has kindly supplied a series of Photoshop mock-ups, appropriately overlaid onto contemporary photographs of the location to illustrate the likely visual impact of the proposed new development at Sandside.
A collection of photographs and old documents showing the AONB in its early years and charting its planning.
A dramatic rescue at Sandside in 2013, captured on camera by June Harrison, is retold by Adrian Walker.
Celebrating 50 years of the Arnside & Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ,1972 – 2022.
As “Keer to Kent” reaches 100, James Deboo looks back over its past.
Brown Hairstreak butterfly has been recorded in and near to Coldwell Parrock and Gait Barrows NNR over recent years. This has generated great interest and discussion, as Tom Dunbar explains.
Landscape conservation has been practised in the pastures around Coldwell Farm for even longer than the AONB has existed. The Trust’s latest acquisition of reserve land at Coldwell will ensure that it continues into the future.
The 1846 Yealand Township tithe map and the earlier 1778 Yealand inclosure map offer insights into the history of the Coldwell Land and its fields.
For landscape historians old maps are like ancient parchments that can be peeled back to reveal the past. Early OS maps are a good place to start.