View of the Calder valley from Exley Lane, Elland

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The photograph on this page of View of the Calder valley from Exley Lane, Elland by Humphrey Bolton as part of the Geograph project.

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View of the Calder valley from Exley Lane, Elland

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 17 Aug 2005

Towards the right is a large mill building being converted to flats. Towards the left a long row of terrace houses built for mill workers, with more mill buildings behind and the clay pipes works chimney at the far left. Further away in the centre are a large number of modern warehouse or factory buildings - big sheds. This is the Lowfields Industrial Estate. On the hillside above them the scar of a shale quarry - the shale is used for making bricks.

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