The old Great North Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The old Great North Road by derek dye as part of the Geograph project.
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The old Great North Road
Image: © derek dye Taken: 15 Jan 2018
The strip of road in front of the Wentcliffe hotel B&B and the other two buildings show the original line of the Great North Road. This was superseded by the A1 dual carriageway, now redesignated as the A162 on the right of the photograph.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.70534
Longitude
-1.269349