Waterloo Crescent on a January afternoon

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Waterloo Crescent on a January afternoon by John Sutton as part of the Geograph project.

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Waterloo Crescent on a January afternoon

Image: © John Sutton Taken: 23 Jan 2017

Nottingham’s Victorian planners established a number of tree-lined promenades in what were then some of the most fashionable suburbs. Such walks were seen as an alternative to the “drinking shops, where, in short-lived excitement, [working men] may forget their toil, but where they waste the means of their families and too often destroy their health”. Image] Image] Image] Image]

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.962537
Longitude
-1.165655