Elterwater & Langdale Pikes, Cumbria - RP postcard

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• Picture / Image:  Elterwater and Langdale Pikes, Cumbria - real photo
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Elterwater is a village in the English Lake District and the county of Cumbria. The village lies half a mile (800 m) north-west of the lake of Elter Water, from which it derives its name. Both are situated in the valley of Great Langdale.^[1]

Elterwater is thought to derive from the Norse for swan lake.. swans being a common sight on the nearby lake.

In the past, the principal industries have been farming and quarrying, with evidence of both still very visible. In the present day, tourism is the principal source of income.

John Ruskin attempted to set up a lace making industry here and artist Kurt Schwitters was a resident of nearby Chapel Stile, where one of his Merzbarn project was created.

Only a quarter of the houses in Elterwater are permanently occupied, the rest being holiday cottages.

One of the best known features of Great Langdale are the Langdale Pikes, a group of peaks on the northern side of the dale. From below, they appear as a sharp rocky ridge, though they are only precipitous on their southern side; to the north, the land sweeps gently to High Raise, the parent peak of the range. The Pikes themselves include (from west to east) Pike of Stickle, Loft Crag, Harrison Stickle and Pavey Ark.

type=real photographic (rp)

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=cumberland/ westmorland

number of items=single

period=inter-war (1918 - 1939)

postage condition=unposted