The first permanent exhibition on Windermere's crucial role in the evolution of aviation is set to officially open this month.

It outlines how the first flights taking off from water in the UK happened on the lake and how this later led to the building of a flying boat factory on its shores during the Second World War.

The exhibition is already open but on August 27 there will be a ceremony performed by Carl Warner, head of narrative and content at the Imperial War Museum.

The Waterbird Project has organised this exhibition and has announced the dates of flights of the unique replica of the UK's first seaplane early next month.

(Image: The Lakes Flying Company)

The details of the status of flights can be checked at https://www.waterbird.org.uk.

The exhibition displays will be adjacent to the From Auschwitz to Ambleside exhibition at Windermere Library, which details how 300 children who survived the Nazi death camps were flown to Carlisle and later settled in the Calgarth Estate, on the shores of Windermere.

Trevor Avery, director of the Lake District Holocaust Project and a trustee of the Waterbird Project, said: “The Lake District has a remarkably selective memory when it comes to commemorating its heroes.

"However, the Lake District has a proud history of industry and enterprise that demands recognition, none more so than the exploits of Captain E W Wakefield in the early years of the Twentieth Century."

Ian Gee, chair of Lakes Flying Club, which is behind the Waterbird Project, said: "We are delighted to finally get a permanent display paying tribute to the people behind Waterbird and the crucial part it played in the development of aviation in the UK.

“Our third round of flying displays will take place on Windermere, Waterbird’s original home, on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th September from 7:00pm.”

Entry to the exhibition is free.