Holcombe Hill
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Holcombe Hill
Image: © John Tomlinson Taken: 14 Aug 2014
View from Park across the Irwell Valley towards Holcombe Hill topped by the Peel Monument erected by public subscription in 1852 to celebrate Sir Robert Peel who had been responsible for the repeal of the Corn Laws and the establishment of a paid police force. The houses are built along Nuttall Lane which was once a main route to Nuttall Hall (now demolished) and Nuttall Village. They are built along a moraine left at the end of the last ice age and blocking the River Irwell which has cut a deep gorge just to the left of the picture towards Summerseat
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Image Location
Latitude
53.641259
Longitude
-2.318202