Hexham Road, Throckley
Introduction
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Hexham Road, Throckley
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 21 Jan 2011
Hexham Road was built on the line of Hadrian's Wall and gives a long, straight walk to Heddon on the Wall. The property on the far side of Dhillon's Fish Inn (Fish & Chip Shop) was once Throckley Post Office. Taken from same location as the Francis Frith photo from 1950 http://www.francisfrith.com/throckley/photos/the-post-office-c1950_T141010/ Geograph comparison viewer http://www.geograph.org.uk/stuff/frith.php?id=2240067
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Image Location
Latitude
54.995899
Longitude
-1.757695