Looking West down Darlington Street East, from below Leigh Street

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The photograph on this page of Looking West down Darlington Street East, from below Leigh Street by David Long as part of the Geograph project.

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Looking West down Darlington Street East, from below Leigh Street

Image: © David Long Taken: 16 Mar 2007

Spring Street is on the right. One of the town's gasometers dominates the background. The tripe shop above which George Orwell lodged when researching The Road to Wigan Pier was on the left, just beyond where the cars are gathered at traffic lights.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.54289
Longitude
-2.624102