Rambling Around Rochdale

Rambling Around Rochdale Hello. I'm a retired British Army Veteran, dendrophile, nemophilist exploring Rochdale & Britain through photography with my Olympus cameras & drone.
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Following my time in the Army, I discovered a passion for the environment and began to utilize my autism; Photography became a wonderful avenue to explore and engage deeply with my greatest interests: nature and solitude. From the expanse of moorlands to the charm of waterfalls, rivers to wooded areas, the beauty of pastoral scenes to the echoes of bygone industry, and from the grandeur of the Vic

torian era to remnants of the medieval period; Rochdale is rich in character, which I hope you all appreciate in my photographs. Ian Lord (Photographer)

Packer Spout and Town Hall 🙂
29/08/2026

Packer Spout and Town Hall
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The Old Post Office, Esplanade, Rochdale.🙂This Grade II Listed building was designed by C.P. Wilkinson and opened its do...
28/08/2026

The Old Post Office, Esplanade, Rochdale.
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This Grade II Listed building was designed by C.P. Wilkinson and opened its doors in 1927.

Abandoned Red Dikes Farm, Withens Moor. 🙂 Constructed around 1782 and ultimately abandoned during the severe winter of 1...
28/08/2026

Abandoned Red Dikes Farm, Withens Moor.
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Constructed around 1782 and ultimately abandoned during the severe winter of 1947, which compelled its last resident, Old Tommy Ormerod, to relocate to Lumbutts Hamlet.

Hebden Bridge.🙂
27/08/2026

Hebden Bridge.
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St Thomas the Apostle from abandoned St Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall.🙂
26/08/2026

St Thomas the Apostle from abandoned St Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall.
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Hebden Bridge Railway Station🙂With its wonderful signs in style of the old Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
25/08/2026

Hebden Bridge Railway Station
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With its wonderful signs in style of the old Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

Tumbledown ruins of Ancient Crook Farm & Veteran farmyard sycamore.🙂
25/08/2026

Tumbledown ruins of Ancient Crook Farm & Veteran farmyard sycamore.
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Glorious raking golden light at Grey Marl Farm, Watergrove this morning.🙂
24/08/2026

Glorious raking golden light at Grey Marl Farm, Watergrove this morning.
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Ancient Crook FarmWhere golden tussock and whispering reeds stir beneath the windswept Sycamore tree, and quiet sheep wa...
24/08/2026

Ancient Crook Farm
Where golden tussock and whispering reeds stir beneath the windswept Sycamore tree, and quiet sheep wander through the sun-warmed valley. A scene of pastoral peace, recalling the tender landscapes of Joseph Farquharson—where beauty lingers, eternal.
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The skeletal remains of a WW2 barge in a remote moorland reservoir. 🙂
23/08/2026

The skeletal remains of a WW2 barge in a remote moorland reservoir.
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