Hodmire Lane
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Hodmire Lane by Alan Walker as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Alan Walker Taken: 31 May 2007
This northerly facing photograph shows the very western end of Hodmire Lane, which terminates at the junction (ahead) with the old Mill Lane (straight on) and an unnamed road (ahead, left), which leads to the new Mill Lane. Together the junction of the three roads forms a triangle of ground upon which is built the Image Behind the viewpoint the road turns to the right (easterly) and rises toward Ault Hucknall and the Hardwick plateau farms. The stream, which is called Stainsbybeck (no space according to the OS Map¹), and the sluice form part of the modern day water supply to Image² (on the right of the photograph). For a more northerly (ahead by a few metres) photograph of Hodmire Lane but looking back toward this viewpoint, click here Image ¹ Road name information from OS Maps at:- Elgin, http://www.elgin.gov.uk/ and the Mapping Portal of the Derbyshire Partnership, http://derbyshiremaps.derbyshire.gov.uk/ ² Photograph by John Fielding. See also this photograph by Derek Harper: Image