Captain Mainwaring and the Anchor Hotel
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The photograph on this page of Captain Mainwaring and the Anchor Hotel by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
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Captain Mainwaring and the Anchor Hotel
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 26 Jun 2010
Captain Mainwaring - or at least his bronze statue by Sean Hedges-Quinn - sits forlornly outside the derelict Anchor Hotel. The Anchor Hotel has been closed for several years now while controversy rages as to what should be done with the site, yet it has a unique connection with the statue; scenes from the very first episode of Dad's Army were shot here.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.413436
Longitude
0.746043