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Afternoon light, Lake District
Technically, actually a reservoir rather than a lake. Before the reservoir it was two smaller lakes but in 1879 the Act was passed to turn it into a reservoir to provide water for Manchester.
The earliest Quaker meeting house in the north of England. Built at a time when Quakerism was still illegal (1675).
Located near Keswick, it is the most visited stone circle in the Lake District National Park. The 38 stone circle is thought to have been constructed nearly 5000 years ago in the Neolithic.