Weir on Holcombe Brook in Woodhey Valley
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Weir on Holcombe Brook in Woodhey Valley
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 12 Feb 2021
A number of locals told me about "the waterfall" upstream from Robin Road. The steps look too even for it to be natural and I suspect that it was probably constructed in the 18th of 19th century as a weir to serve one of the mills in the valley (perhaps the nearby Robin Road Cotton Mill).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.631894
Longitude
-2.324936