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Beckside Road, BRADFORD, BD7 2JS

This was part of a foundry, probably the offices.

Westcroft Road looking towards junction with Beckside Road, taken from raised ground beneath Great Horton Tesco car park.

This photo is taken from a smaller elevation beneath the Tesco car park elevation in Great Horton which forms part of the wasteland beneath the store. Properly fenced to avoid falls (particularly from this section which is a sheer drop down) and with the creation of steps in places, this would make a great public footpath but currently is a scramble for those foolhardy enough to attempt it. Cats love it and love to drag you along behind them! I'm guessing that this smaller elevation was once part of Westcroft Mills before demolition. There are young trees growing on the embankment itself as well as below but angry young people seem to want to take their inner rage out on these, probably following being told off by their parents.

A rough track on the left of the picture leads to a tree lined plateau on top of this embankment and out of shot on the left is the vast ivy covered wall which forms the elevation for Great Horton Tesco car park. The slope to the right of the wall is strewn with litter through fly-tipping and at the base of the slope is the remains of a tall fence which was clearly once used to secure this site. Clearly this wasn't a success and besides myself, a number of young people use this route to return from football games in the park or generally as a quiet place. I am trying to cultivate patches of the site whilst retaining its wild nature (for which read, there is an enormous thorn tree growing in the middle of this site which is unlikely to be coming up anytime soon...).