Hoviley Brow/Commercial Street
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Hoviley Brow/Commercial Street
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 20 Jun 2011
Hoviley Brow, now Commercial Street, used to be one of the main roads into Hyde leading from Newton (for Hyde) station. See old photograph http://oldhyde.blogspot.com/2007/08/near-dye-works.html Behind the wall on the right flows Godley Brook alongside what was a dye works and is now "ABC Wax". Ahead the street led to the Market Place. That end of Hoviley Brow has been renamed Clarendon Place. Now it is a dead end for traffic. A footpath leads to John Street and Clark Way whilst a spiral ramp leads to a footbridge over the M67 motorway. On the left there used be rows of terraced houses and shops. Now there is only the motorway. A tunnel known as Cheapside underpass leads into the car park of Morrisons supermarket.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.453445
Longitude
-2.072996