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Right on the border with grid square SJ5889 to the West, are these disused buildings. The sign warns dog owners about fouling. A large derelict house also lies nearby - otherwise, apart from the park, the area is all new housing estates.
©Al McDougall
Just to the West of St.Helens Canal lies a hedge maze which is open to the public at most times. In the centre are this mosaic and, opposite it, a slightly chilling statue of a gaunt looking woman. You'll have to visit to see the statue, unless someone else uploads a picture, but don't forget to take a ball of string for the maze . . .
©Al McDougall
This is the view looking south from a bridge over the canal in the park. It's a popular spot for fishing, and often attracts swans. The park follows the canal a mile or so in either direction, and to the south joins the trans pennine cycle path.
©Al McDougall
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©Ian Greig
Dist:0.3km<br/>The ST HELEN swings to turn below the former Bewsey swing bridge. This bridge gave the nearest access to Warrington (to the right) for men based at the US Base at RAF Burtonwood, and a large number of accommodation huts were built in the area around Bewsey Old Hall, just to the left of the bridge. This section of the canal is a well-known coarse fishery.
©David Long
Dist:0.4km<br/>A parade of shops on Lovely Lane, Warrington. Fire broke out at one of the shops in August 2011. Damage is clearly visible in this image, taken 7 weeks later. The fire, which started at night, was being treated as arson. Two people have been arrested.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.4km<br/>Brick-built housing on Lovely Lane, Warrington
©Malc McDonald
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©Colin Pyle
Dist:0.5km<br/>I suspect that it was named long before the politician Doug Hoyle was MP here
©Ian Greig
Dist:0.5km<br/>A bridge carrying a railway across Lovely Lane in Warrington.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.5km<br/>A railway bridge across Lovely Lane, Warrington. Warning signs indicate that the maximum safe height for vehicles is 15 feet and 3 inches. Notice that the road dips slightly as it passes under the bridge. This suggests that the road may have been lowered slightly, to increase the clearance for vehicles passing beneath the bridge.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.5km<br/>Terraced houses on Hoyle Street, Warrington.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Imperial, a pub and hotel in Warrington.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.6km<br/>Terraced houses on Hoyle Street, Warrington.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.6km<br/>The ST HELEN north of the 7 arches viaduct. The square section of the platform over the canal is markedly different from the other arches. Further upstream Stephenson's 9 arch Earlestown Viaduct had to be built 70' high to allow the high-master Mersey sailing flats to pass beneath. It is assumed that here there was a moveable section over the canal to allow the same facility, but no details of it seem to exist.
©David Long

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