Straight Mile
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Straight Mile by Michael Patterson as part of the Geograph project.
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Straight Mile
Image: © Michael Patterson Taken: 7 Mar 2006
Known locally as Brampton straight mile this road is very straight and measures 1.1 miles! Under proposed EU rules the new name will be Brampton straight 1.6 kilometres, or 1.77 to be precise.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.373059
Longitude
-1.258963