Sway Tower
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Sway Tower by Peter Facey as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Sway Tower
Image: © Peter Facey Taken: 22 May 2006
The tower was built by eccentric Yorkshireman Andrew Peterson in 1879. It is 218 feet tall and built of unreinforced concrete. There are nearly 400 steps in the spiral staircase seen on the left side in the photo. More information at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/follies/swaytxt.html
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
50.769576
Longitude
-1.604733