Drone 360 views of Calderdale

Aerial / UAV captures around Calderdale and the upper Calder valley in West Yorkshire

An aerial summer evening view above the historic market town of Todmorden, which nestles at the meeting point of three valleys in the south Pennines. Traditionally on the border of Lancashire and Yorkshire, since 1888 Todmorden has been part of th...
Moverly Clough is a small, steep clough (ravine) in the hillside by Allescholes Road. After a week of below-average temperatures in December, the thaw came quickly. Frost and ice underfoot meant it was a risky scramble up the clough to capture the...
The Pennine Moors Christmas Cracker - powered by steam engine 61306 Mayflower - approaching Todmorden station on a beautiful winter solstice afternoon. This elegant locomotive and train is crossing the listed Manchester and Leeds Railway Todmorden...
Tendrils of cloud from an early morning inversion wrap around the hills and into some of the cloughs around the picturesque town of Hebden Bridge in the upper Calder Valley. After weeks of hot weather, the moist air heralds the onset of a more aut...
Above a parched and half-empty Baitings Reservoir, between Blackstone Edge and Ripponden. The reservoir was completed in 1956, submerging the old packhorse bridge at the head of the body of water, as well as the hamlet of Baitings. When full the r...
Revisiting the scene of heather in bloom on the south Pennine moors which I shot last August. Calderdale opens up as far as the eye can see, while below sits The Moorcock Inn at Norland, the renowned and much-loved pub and restaurant. It's been a ...
The old packhorse bridge at Baitings Reservoir, between Blackstone Edge and Ripponden. The reservoir was completed in 1956, submerging this bridge and the hamlet of Baitings.The bridge is only exposed when the water levels are extremely low, this ...
The Jorvik Express - powered by Peppercorn class A1 Pacific No. 60163 Tornado - steams across Gauxholme Viaduct in Todmorden in early evening. The newest steam locomotive in the country, completed in 2008, is pictured here running along the Calder...
Another view of flowering heather on Pennine moors, basking in the warm glow of the setting sun over the Calder valley. By the road below sits the modest site of The Moorcock Inn at Norland, a pub and restaurant which is home to some of the very b...
For a short window in late summer, the normally muted tones of the bleak south Pennine moors are painted bright as vegetation reaches its peak. Colours pop, with purple from flowering heather sitting next to contrasting green swards of bracken fro...
An early April morning aerial 360 view above the historic town of Todmorden, dressed all in white. The combination of an uncharacteristically late season snowfall and a stunning clear sky made for a superb view. Captured above Badger Wood.