"Living on the Fell" Exhibition
...a story in photographs
"Living on the Fell" Exhibition
...a story in photographs
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...a story in photographs
24th - 26th October 2025
We were pleased to be able to exhibit 116 photos at Cartmel Fell Parish Hall from 24-26 October 2025.
The photographs were all taken in the year from September 2024 to September 2025 illustrating the theme “Living on the Fell” and submitted to us by local photographers.
The exhibition was free to enter and visitors were given a voting slip to select their favourite print in the "People's Vote", and could listen to "Sounds and Seasons of the Fell" as they browsed the prints.
We had over 120 visitors across the weekend, the majority of whom also voted in the "People's vote" - and we had some lovely comments about the exhibition and the Parish Hall as a venue.
Laura Martin:
"St. Anthony’s Church"
"People's Vote" winner
"People's Vote" winner
The result of the People's Vote was announced on Sunday 26th October. Laura Martin's picture of St Anthony's Church was the winner - the picture was taken on 21st December 2024 of the church lit up ready for the Carol Service.
Helen Caldwell, "September sunrise"
Calendar cover winner
Calendar cover winner
At the opening of the exhibition on Friday 24th October, Eric Pye talked about his selections for the calendar and congratulated Helen Caldwell, our calendar winner, whose picture will be included in the calendar and used on the front cover.
Our 2026 calendar is on sale at £10 and can be collected from local outlets near Cartmel Fell.
It will help raise funds for future community work and events.
You can see all of the selected calendar photos on our calendar page.
"Life on the southern fells of the Lake District has changed dramatically in the last 100 years. The population has ebbed and flowed, whilst agricultural practice has evolved to meet the needs and desires of the nation. Forests and Damson orchards have come and gone or lie quietly as nature reclaims them for her own. Threats have erupted and receded. Over the years the changes have been captured in photographs both formally and increasingly informally, as we enter the second quarter of the first century of our third recorded millennium."
Our “Living on the Fell” exhibition aimed to capture a snapshot of life and the lived experience on Cartmel and Newton Fells at the beginning of the second quarter of this century.
We are recording what life in our area is like - and together we can maintain the rich photographic history of the area that community members before us have collected.
Some of the comments we got at the exhibition:
Some of the comments we got at the exhibition:
We asked: What was particularly good about the event?
Visitors said:
"The variety of photos and the friendly volunteers"
"Better than expectations!"
"Proof of a vibrant community. Wonderful photos."
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