Kirklees

Meltham Mills Reservoir
Reflecting on Autumn

This is a beautiful secluded place despite being only a short walk outside Meltham. You can't see it from the road so unless you take the trouble to...

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Castle Hill Beacon
Castle Hill Beacon

Castle Hill's dominant position made it the perfect location for a warning beacon, one of a network built across the country on other prominent sites...

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Windy Bank Wood
Windy Bank Wood

This is the track leading up towards Meltham Mills Reservoir and through these woods runs the "Ridge Busk" stream which was dammed to create it.

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Castle Hill and Victoria Tower
Castle Hill Beacon

Castle Hill dominates the skyline of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. This high point has been a site of settlement for over 4,000 years. As well as...

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Folly Dolly Falls
Folly Dolly Falls

A fascinating little waterfall almost on my doorstep! It was formed by erosion along a geological fault where shale has been eroded at the point it...

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Pennine Way at Wessenden Head
Pennine Way at Wessenden Head

A stretch of the Pennine Way as it goes down from Wessenden Head Reservoir and then emerges up from Winter Clough.

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Reflecting on Autumn
Reflecting on Autumn

There were moments when the water was fairly still and I was able to capture a decent reflection of autumn's glory. This was taken at Meltham Mills...

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Larks House Farm and Hepworth
Larks House Farm and Hepworth

A view of Larks House Farm and beyond as seen from Scar Hole Lane on a misty morning.

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Shrouded Holme Valley
Shrouded Holme Valley

As seen on BBC Look North, 28/9/15

A view of the Holme Valley from Holme Moss with the lower land shrouded in cloud.

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