Stunning photos show a century of England from the air
Historic England has made over 400,000 aerial photographs available to view online for the first time as it launched its Aerial Photograph Explorer tool.
Tuesday 22 March 2022 14:49, UK
Image:Over 400,000 aerial photographs are available to view. Pic: Historic England
Photographs have been released to the public showing thousands of historic sites in England, from Second World War defences and nuclear power stations to the remains of Neolithic monuments, Roman farmsteads and medieval villages.
Historic England has made over 400,000 aerial photographs available to view online for the first time as it launched its .
Users can search and explore a map showing aerial photographs taken in England over the last 100 years.
Below is a selection of some of the images that can be found using the tool.
Image:Souter Lighthouse in South Shields, Tyne & Wear. Pic: Historic England
Image:The British airship R101 was a rigid airship built by the Air Ministry at the Royal Airship Works, Cardington. Its maiden flight was on the 14th October 1929 which started with a short circuit over Bedford. Pic: Historic England
Image:Post-war view of Coventry, taken in 1948. Pic: Historic England
Image:This RAF reconnaissance photograph of Coventry was taken about six months after the devastating air raid of November 1940. Pic: Historic England
Image:Terry’s Chocolate Works, York, in 2014. Pic: Historic England
Image:Close up of one of dozens of V-shaped fish traps on the beach at Minehead. Pic: Historic England
Image:Gatwick Airport was first built in the late 1920s with the Beehive terminal building built in 1935, this picture was taken in 1941. Pic: Historic England
Image:This 1940 aerial photograph shows a Second World War barrage balloon between Rotherham and Sheffield. Pic: Historic England
Image:Manchester Airport today. Pic: Historic England
Image:This photograph shows the aftermath of the biggest non-nuclear explosion in the world at RAF Fauld underground munitions depot in late 1944. Pic: Historic England
Image:Scunthorpe Steelworks is the last fully integrated steelworks operating in England. Pic: Historic England
Image:Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly. Pic: Historic England
Image:The Midland Hotel in Morecambe opened in 1933 and this photograph was taken around a year later. Pic: Historic England
Image:Sunderland’s shipbuilding heritage stretches back hundreds of years, this photograph was taken in 1949. Pic: Historic England
Image:Sandford Parks lido in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire was opened in 1935 during the golden age of lido construction. Pic: Historic England
Image:Bristol Temple Meads railway station in 1938. Pic: Historic England
Image:The Tees Newport Bridge was opened in 1934 and this image shows it just a few months before, in June 1933. Pic: Historic England
Image:St James� Park football ground, Newcastle, in 1927. Pic: Historic England
Image:The oldest aerial photograph on the Aerial Photograph Explorer is the first photograph taken by Aerofilms on 26 July 1919, two months after the company was founded. Pic: Historic England
Image:Norwich Bus Station opened on 30 August 2005. Pic: Historic England
Image:During the Second World War coastal defences took many forms to try and slow down an amphibious landing from the sea. Pic: Historic England
Image:Al-Jamia Suffa-Tul-Islam Grand Mosque or Bradford Grand Mosque under construction in 2007 is now one of the largest mosques in the UK and was opened in 2012. Pic: Historic England
Image:Brooklands Airfield, Surrey. Pic: Historic England
Image:Tholthorpe Second World War airfield, in North Yorkshire. Pic: Historic England