Soaperie, Canal Street
Introduction
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Soaperie, Canal Street
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 24 Jul 2026
Dating from 1922, this is the oldest and last working soaperie operating the coldprocess method in the world. See https://nettlesoap.co.uk/pages/history.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.94112
Longitude
-4.152107