SD8940 : View across Market Street, Colne

near to Colne, Lancashire, Great Britain

View across Market Street, Colne
View across Market Street, Colne
The ancient Lancashire town of Colne has a great deal to recommend it. On the edge of beautiful Pennine countryside, it has remained small enough to have real human scale, while providing all the services sometimes lacking in much larger places. The town has long been an enthusiastic patron of the Arts: one of its better-known citizens was bandleader Wallace Hartley, who was still conducting his orchestra aboard the SS 'Titanic' as she slipped below the water. For many years, Colne was the Parliamentary seat of Sir Sidney Silverman, who did more than anyone to bring about the abolition of Capital punishment in the UK.
In this photograph, the 'Union Exchange' pub can be seen, and beyond it, the Baptist church.
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SD8940, 32 images   (more nearby - lo-fi)
Photographer
Dr Neil Clifton   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph
Date Taken
Tuesday, 5 August, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 14 August, 2008
Category
Small town   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 892 401 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:51.4531N 2:9.8678W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 892 401
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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