The Swinton Lion

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The Swinton Lion by Roger May as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

The Swinton Lion

Image: © Roger May Taken: 24 Aug 2005

This striking monument to the fallen stands on the A666, by junction 16 exit from the M60 at Clifton, Swinton.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
53.525799
Longitude
-2.336492