Red Hill filling station on the A6 Loughborough Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Red Hill filling station on the A6 Loughborough Road by Mat Fascione as part of the Geograph project.
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Red Hill filling station on the A6 Loughborough Road
Image: © Mat Fascione Taken: 4 Jan 2015
This petrol station became a Grade II listed building in 2012. It is an example of the futuristic Pegasus design created by Eliot Noyes for Mobil in the mid-1960s. The six remaining circular canopies at this filling station are thought to be the last surviving examples in the UK.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.667512
Longitude
-1.13047