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Eden Valley photographs

river gelt flowing through autumnal beech trees in gelt woods

River Gelt in autumn

High Dyke on The High Way

Grafitti on sandstone wall inside Lacys Cave

Lacy’s Caves wall detail

Lacys Caves above River Eden in autumn woodland

Lacy’s Caves and the River Eden

Nine Standards Rigg on Hartley Fell summer red sunset

Nine Standards Rigg sunset

Eden Valley photographs was last modified: April 14th, 2020 by Gavin Dronfield

Obviously there is more to Cumbria than the Lake District. Every so often I’ll take a break from the National Park and head somewhere in the Eden Valley - its easy to get to as my home town of Penrith is in it.

The River Eden’s source is in Mallerstang from where is flows northwards into a widening valley called the Vale Of Eden. From here the Eden takes a long sweeping course through north Cumbria before reaching Carlisle and the Solway Firth.

In 2016 the Yorkshire Dales National Park was extended to include the upper reaches of the Eden Valley south of Kirkby Stephen. As this gallery covers the whole valley I'll keep it separate from my Dales galleries.