New Houghton - Millennium Green
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New Houghton - Millennium Green
Image: © Dave Bevis Taken: 13 Jan 2011
This public open space contains a pit head wheel, as a reminder of New Houghton's mining past. Most of the village's men worked at the nearby Pleasley Pit (closed in 1983).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.182009
Longitude
-1.25343