Heap Bridge: Emerald House and Bury New Road
Introduction
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Heap Bridge: Emerald House and Bury New Road
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 4 Jun 2013
Heap Bridge is one of those pockets of urban Lancashire that have been hit very hard is the last few decades. On the left of this picture, there were two public houses, the 'Bridge Inn' and the old-established 'Old Boar's Head', now both demolished. Heap Bridge was an important paper manufacturing centre, but the paper mills have closed and mostly demolished as well. The railway goods station has vanished, and the railway itself is just a through run for the preserved East Lancashire line.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.591138
Longitude
-2.268272