Wheat Street, Leicester
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Wheat Street, Leicester
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 24 Aug 2011
A throwback to Leicester's hosiery heyday. The warehouses probably date from the 1870s, the work of James Bird.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.639165
Longitude
-1.126599