The Barge Inn, Long Eaton
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The Barge Inn, Long Eaton
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 1 Jan 2010
This pub, overlooking the Erewash Canal, is painted a very lurid shade - whoever could have thought this was a good idea? Of course, no boater would ever refer to a canal narrowboat as a 'barge', so it is to be hoped that the name refers only to the customers' usual mode of entry.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.8918
Longitude
-1.277004