Paul Lockwood Drone Photography

03/08/2025

Caste Carrock Reservoir

23/06/2025

A few images at Bridlington Harbour on a blustery evening not long before sunset.

22/06/2025

Scarborough about an hour before sunset

22/06/2025

Quick edit on the iPad after flying this evening at Scarborough.

15/06/2025

Languard Fort and Felixstowe docks from the Languard Fort View Point in Felixstowe.

27/05/2025

Bell tower at St. John the Baptist Church Blackford

26/05/2025

A short distance from Carlise is a place called Port Carlisle. This used to be a port where a canal was built for trade in to and out of Carlisle.

Port Carlisle is a coastal village in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Bowness-on-Solway. Originally named Fisher's Cross, it became ...

25/05/2025

Port Carlisle is a coastal village in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Bowness-on-Solway. Originally named Fisher's Cross, it became an important trade and passenger hub when the Carlisle Canal was established, serving as Carlisle’s sea outlet.

The Carlisle Canal, completed in 1823, connected Carlisle to Ireland, Scotland, and Liverpool, with Port Carlisle acting as its terminus. However, competition from deep-water ports and railways led to its closure in 1853.

The Port Carlisle Railway was built on the canal’s former route in 1854 to maintain access to Carlisle. Initially, freight and passenger services continued, but as the Solway estuary silted up and better port facilities emerged in Silloth, traffic declined. A steam railmotor named Flower of Yarrow was introduced in 1914 to keep the line operational, but the railway was eventually closed in 1932.

The village was served by Port Carlisle railway station, which has since been repurposed into a car park. Remnants of the canal basin and railway can still be seen, including an offshore wharf built in 1836 to accommodate larger vessels.

25/05/2025

Blackton Reservoir is the second Reservoir on the River Balder that is fed from Balderheads Reservoir.

25/05/2025

Balderhead Reservoir one of three reservoirs in a line fed by the river Balder near Barnard Castle County Durham