Nottingham skyline from Sneinton
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Nottingham skyline from Sneinton by John Sutton as part of the Geograph project.
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Nottingham skyline from Sneinton
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 16 May 2016
Nottingham Castle is on the skyline on the left, St Mary's Church in The Lace Market in the centre and Biocity to the right in this view from the edge of the Newark Crescent estate which stands on the elevated site of the Manvers Street Goods Depot, built by the London & North Western Railway. Image] shows some of the huge retaining walls which supported the railway yard. The railway line from Grantham to Nottingham Victoria once snaked across the waste land in the foreground on an iron viaduct and brick arches, with the Corporation gas works to its left and Victorian factories to the right.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.950287
Longitude
-1.137165