View from the top

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View from the top

Image: © Paul Anderson Taken: 22 Oct 2006

View from on the top of the 128 ft Peel Tower facing south showing the single track road that leads up from Holcombe village. http://web.archive.org/web/20051218151821/http://www.ramsbottom.net/history.htm The 128 ft Peel Tower is a memorial to Sir Robert Peel the founder of the modern police force as we know it today. The tower occupies a prominent position on Holcombe Hill 1100 feet (335 metres) above sea level. A public subscription provided the £1,000 needed to build the tower in 1852 Image

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