Canalside distance post - Stockfield Road bridge
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Canalside distance post - Stockfield Road bridge
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 27 Oct 2014
One of several such distance posts that have recently been installed along the towpath. It's tempting to describe them as mileposts, but they're not - all the distances are quoted in metres and kilometres, units that would have been unknown at the time to the builders of the canal.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.457267
Longitude
-1.824344