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Belle Vue Road
Belle Vue Road is on the right; parallel to it, left of the railings, is the original cobbled lane which the road replaced.
Image: © David Weston
Taken: 26 Jun 2013
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View from Belle Vue
The building is part of the redeveloped Big Mill complex, with a view out into the Staffordshire Moorlands countryside.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 16 May 2011
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Shade Mill, Leek
The building on the left is the former Shade Mill that has now been converted to apartments. the big block behind is the Big Mill of 1857 that is both disused and a listed building. The truncated chimney is also associated with Big Mill.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2017
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Building being demolished on Belle Vue, Leek
The stone above the door is engraved "BELLE VUE DYE-WORKS 1928". The back of the building has already been demolished. In the distance on the right is Big Mill, on Mill Street: see
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Image: © David Weston
Taken: 18 Sep 2019
0.03 miles
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Big Mill
Part of what was one of the larger silk manufacturing sites in Leek, with buildings from various dates. The more modern 20 century building right has been reused for commercial purposes, but the original mill building behind is currently empty. The chimney is much reduced in height.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 16 May 2011
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Chimney at Big Mill, Leek
A truncated red brick chimney in front of the Grade II Listed Big Mill of 1857. There are plans to create apartments in that block and it is to be hoped they come to fruition as the building is deteriorating.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2017
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Hillswood Avenue and Frith Street, Leek
Nearest the camera is the end of Hillswood Avenue: inter-war housing on the right, recently-built houses on the left. Further along is Frith Street: terrace housing. Straight ahead, beyond the junction of Frith Street and Belle Vue Road, is a nineteenth-century commercial building which a few years ago was converted into flats.
Image: © David Weston
Taken: 2 Jul 2013
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Leek - Big Mill (from east)
Viewed from Mill Street. Big Mill at Leek was part of the Wardle & Davenport Belle Vue Mills complex. It was built in 1857 and now stands empty.
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 22 Jun 2010
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The Print Works, Leek
This block has been converted to apartments and is marketed as The Print works. It may have been a more modern part Big Mill that is seen in the left background and is disused. I have been unable to find out much about this building.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2017
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The Retreat and Big Mill, Leek
On the A523. The Retreat declares itself to cover spa, hair, health, beauty and bistro. It looks like it might have been a public house. The mill on the hill is part of Big Mill, a former textile mill and this block was then disused.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2017
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