Lower end of the 'Snake Walk'

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Lower end of the 'Snake Walk'

Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 23 Apr 1983

When the Colne and Trawden Light Railway company decided to build its tramway between the two places named, it found that existing roads would be too steep for trams, so the route as built featured two short stretches of private right of way. The first and lower of these left the public road through the posts at the far end of this section of cobbled street, and rejoined the road a few hundred yards away. Because of the curvaceous nature of the route and the swaying of the cars, this part became known as the 'Snake Walk'.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.85946
Longitude
-2.148963