New Walk, Leicester
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New Walk, Leicester
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 24 Aug 2011
A pleasant pedestrian route lined with trees and, by and large, buildings easy on the eye. As such a promenade it is, Pevsner remarks, "unique in England ... for it is right in the middle of town and yet has resisted the intrustion of wheeled traffic." It was begun by the Corporation in 1785.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.629562
Longitude
-1.128859