Webcams in the North of England
BRADFORD
NOW ONLINE Central Bradford looking over the city centre from the Central Library BBC OnLine Bradford page Haworth the home of the Brontė sisters now has its own 'cam - the closest to Saltaire |
Leeds BBC Leeds webcam showing the view up Woodhouse Lane towards the portland stone Parkinson Tower of Leeds University. Map This can also be reached through the BBC OnLine Leeds page together with another view of Leeds City Centre |
Manchester There are several webcams here of which the most interesting is the BBC's showing looking towards St Peter's Square, the Library (the best public reference library in the North of England) and the back of the Town Hall. In the distance can be seen the West Pennine Moors the most prominent peak - to the right of the Town Hall tower - being Winter Hill above Bolton. Towards the left-hand top of the picture are the low hills which lie between the city and the Lancashire costal plain. In the centre, stretching away to the north, is the valley of the River Douglas the route to Preston beyond which lies the flat plain of the Fylde. (QUERY: should we be able to see Blackpool Tower in exceptional conditions?) Map Pointing in the other direction is a 'cam showing the sky to the south west GMPTE has now placed a 'cam near Piccadilly gardens. Bolton itself has webcam showing a distant view of the Town Hall and another, and closer, view of the West Pennine Moors A few miles east of Manchester is Ashton under Lyne Tameside council's 'cam shows the Market Place Map. |
The Peak District Near Buxton is a camera which also has a definite purpose to allow inspection of the moors around a University research station. It succeeds in giving a feel of the high moorland Java is needed to view it. Leek has a rather conventional 'cam showing a row of shops and the passing traffic. |
Middlesborough
The BBC's 'cam shows the unique (in the UK) Transporter Bridge across the River Tees but not much else. In the distance is one of the petrochemical works of Billingham - there are many in the area. I am told that the sky really is that colour. Map A digicam site updated two or three times a month is Don Burluraux's North York Moors Cam. Next door on Teeside but overlapping is ClevelandCam |
Newcastle upon Tyne The BBC's 'cam is situated in the rival town of Gateshead but looks across the river and shows the Tyne Bridge with glimpses of the High-level and Swing Bridges The camera is moved at some times of the day to show a wider view. From the piers of the Tyne Bridge links to two 'cams Traffic on the Tyne Bridge |
The Lake District
There are now two webcams in the Lake District The first from George Fisher's shop in Keswick has one of the best views. Being the Lake District what you see depends on the weather. You may only see low clouds raindrops on the lens and, near the bottom, the roofs of Keswick with the tower of the market hall prominent. But when the clouds lift you see the full 1000m/3000' bulk of Skiddaw If the clouds are low then there is a picture of the view you should be seeing on the 'weather' page of George Fisher's website Map The second 'cam shows the main street of Coniston In the background is the graveyard where John Ruskin was buried (and recently Donald Campbell). Also in the the area is Ann Bowker's Mad about Mountainssite. When the author is at home which isn't always the case - she goes off to the Faroes or, or the Sinai or Switzerland or wherever to walk up mountains, there are pictures of the Lake District posted each evening 
This is updated every afternoon. A conventional webcam for this area is provided by the BBC at Carlisle Map  Catbells and the Newlands Valley from Ann Bowker's Mad about Mountains site |
the Isle of Man
which, of course, isn't in Northern England but you might get some weather tips from it.
The 'cam show a street in Douglas On the other side of the Irish Sea this 'cam shows the River Lagan in Belfast. While only a little way north of Carlisle (see previous panel) is Gretna Green in Scotland. Lincolnshire isn't in the North either but then it's not in East Anglia or the Midlands The BBC's Lincoln 'cam shows the 14thC towers of the cathedral. Map (It is said that you can see Lincoln cathedral from Otley Chevin only a few miles NE of Saltaire. While this is more likely than the other 'local superstition' that you can see Helvellyn from Harrogate it would need to be a very clear day in which to set up your telescope.) |
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