Crosby Villa on the A596
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Crosby Villa on the A596
Image: © Matthew Hatton Taken: 24 May 2014
Built as a pit village, the rows of miners cottages feel slightly strange in a modern countryside setting, but must once been full of hustle & bustle. When I was looking for info on this small settlement it turned out that there was a fatal crash on this very bend just 6 months previous.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.738082
Longitude
-3.413201