Top 10 photography locations in the Lake District — theguardian.com

These are my current top 10 photo locations in the Lakes, but ask me next week and the list may well have changed. This is because, first, we are spoiled around here for amazing views, and second – and more importantly – it’s not necessarily the killer views that make the best photographs, but the quality of the light. Castlerigg Stone Circle is rightly one of the most photographed places in the Lakes. The druids of old certainly knew a thing or two about siting their monuments. Go there to catch the sunrise on a frosty autumn morning when the Thirlmere lake mist is blanketing the Naddle Valley bottom and you’ll probably be rewarded with a religious experience.

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