Green Lane, Castleford
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Green Lane, Castleford
Image: © David Pickersgill Taken: 16 Sep 2007
Fifty years ago the view would have been across allotments to rows of houses; now it's a jumble of scrap merchants, timber yards and transport depots overshadowed by a disused chemical works. In another ten years all this will probably be housing once again.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.73254
Longitude
-1.341032