Brilliant arial photographs of Britain taken between from end of World War One to the year of the Queen’s Coronation, have gone online for the first time today. 

These photographs of famous landmarks such as St Paul’s Cathedral and Blackpool Tower could have been lost forever, were it not for a major conservation project which has made them freely available on the internet for the first time.

More than 15,000 pictures – many so old and fragile that they were close to becoming beyond repair – have been uploaded on to the Britain from Above website, which is launched today. Having these all online also makes it possible for the photos on which there is little information, to be identified. From the website:

The website launched with the first 10,000 images and as we currently have little information about the details in the images, the website provides the opportunity to share and record your memories and knowledge about the places shown in the collection.

The site is well made and easily navigable; using a map of Britain you click on the area and photographs of that region pop up for you to browse. Here are a few choice ones for your perusal.

[Source: Daily Mail, Britain from Above]