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Kate North
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Heritage & conservation professional / enthusiast, usually found exploring old places 😃
Curator of Properties for English Heritage, & freelance consultant.
Studying p/t for PhD in lime finishes.

My shop:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/NorthstarLandscapes
Beautiful November light and colours near Ullswater, Cumbria 😍
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The big skies and soft, muted colours of Suffolk in November 🥰
At Snape Maltings.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Swathes of wildflowers bringing pops of November colour and cheer to this lovely little bit of Cambridgeshire 🥰
Priory Park, St. Neots
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
As someone who now needs a kidney transplant myself (due to damage caused quite suddenly by an autoimmune disease), here’s some information about becoming a living donor 🥰

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November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Autumn lunchtime wanders…peering across the pond, from under a very lovely weeping willow 🥰
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I enjoyed a visit to the small, but interesting, Norris Museum in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, at the weekend. A few items caught my eye, but particularly this very beautiful and poignant medieval brooch and these fabulous Roman faces 😀
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This beautiful bridge in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, dates to the 1420’s. It was damaged by Oliver Cromwell and the Roundheads during the Civil War, hence the differing shapes of the arches - the pointed ones are original and the round ones are earlier 18th century rebuilds.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Don’t forget to have a look at NorthStar Landscapes, my new Etsy shop! 😃
Perfect for Christmas gifts, there’s free postage and packing and all prints come with photo mounts 🥰

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November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The vibrancy of autumn colours this year is incredible! 😍😀
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Well, what a strange and wonderful survival this is…a turf maze dating from 1660! 🤩
It sits in the middle of the very lovely village of Hilton, Cambridgeshire, and was made by William Sparrow, a royalist, to commemorate the restoration of Charles II.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Lovely Lavenham in Suffolk 🤩… always exciting to have a wander around and marvel at the wealth of timber framed buildings ❤️ It often feels like you might have accidentally strayed onto a film set!
A photo thread…
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
An unusual and very intriguing plaque set into a column in the wonderful Church of St. Mary, Shelton, Bedfordshire 🤩
I can make out the year 1576, but no idea about the rest…any ideas?
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Exciting news…my online shop, selling some of my landscape photos, is now open! 😀

Please do have a look to see if anything takes your fancy and also let me know if there are any teething issues, as it’s all new to me.

N.B. All prints come unframed

www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Nort...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just a mouse…eating a crisp in the garden, as you do! 😮🥰
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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I think this is one of the most poignant photographs I have taken, an abandoned cottage on Benbecula deliquescing back into the landscape, while the bottles of a ruined life glint savagely on a bright cold day. c.1999.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What a tree! Straight out of a fairytale ! 😍
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Church of St. Mary, Keysoe, has this really excellent mid-18th century plaque set into the tower wall…I really love how it’s such a personal account and a snapshot in time, compete with brilliant spelling!
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
November at Clun Castle, Shropshire, with its impressive 13th century keep and massive earthworks 🤩
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Happy Saturday, from this bright and lovely corner of Cambridgeshire, bathed in golden light 🥰
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
These incredible figures, dating to the 19th century and made of walnut, are Bell Jacks and were once up at high level on Columbia Road Market in Bethnal Green.
They’re huge, and very impressive to see ‘in the flesh’ 🤩
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The picturesque ruins of the 14th century bishops’ palace at Southwell, Nottinghamshire 😍
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I expect a troll lives under there!
A lovely, rustic bridge in the grounds of Swinton Park, Masham, North Yorkshire ❤️
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The impressive ruins of 17th century Houghton House near Ampthill, Bedfordshire, are really interesting to have a wander around. Supposedly the inspiration for John Bunyan’s ‘House Beautiful’ in Pilgrim’s Progress 🤩
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The impressive south doorway and door - with ogee-arched wicket gate - to the Church of All Hallows in the little village of Upper Dean, Bedfordshire 😍
October 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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More details in the advert below.

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October 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM