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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking down stream from the A6053 as it crosses the river
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking downstream from Hardy's Gate Bridge. The land on the right hand side (west bank) of the river has been cleared ready for development as the "Bury South Business Park".
©David Dixon
Dist:0.2km<br/>Public House on Dumers Lane (pronounced locally as "Jewmers"), Bury at the junction of York Street. SD803084.
©Keith Williamson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking upstream with Hardy's Gate Bridge in the centre of the picture. Downstream of this point the river rounds a meander before joining the River Roch near Blackford Bridge.
©Dennis Turner
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking downstream from Dumers Lane.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>A Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) wading along a weir on the River Irwell at Bury. This once polluted waterway has seen a dramatic improvement in water quality in recent years. SD80260842.
©Keith Williamson
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking downstream from Hardy's Gate Bridge, Bury. SD80260842.
©Keith Williamson
Dist:0.3km<br/>This bridge carries Dumers Lane (pronounced locally as "Jewmers"), Bury over the River Irwell. Hardy's Gate is the official name for this bridge but it was/is known locally as the New Bridge.
©Keith Williamson
Dist:0.3km<br/>Bridge carrying traffic on the A6053, Dumers Lane, over the River Irwell at Redvales.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>This land off Dumers Lane, next to the River Irwell, has been cleared in preparation of the building of the Bury South Business Park.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>The entrance to [[[2846545]]], off Dumers Lane.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>Artist's impression of what the Bury South Business Park might look like when completed. On a large billboard outside [[[2846545]]].
©David Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking upstream as it approaches Dumers Lane.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>The corner property in the Mount Sion district of Bury is the birthplace of Richmal Crompton. The house was built in the late 19th century at the junction of Hampson Mill Road and Manchester Road. Hampson Mill was a textile print works close to the River Roch and adjoining the mill was Hampson Flour Mill.
©Dennis Turner
Dist:0.3km<br/>Public house on Dumers Lane, close to the bridge crossing the Irwell
©David Dixon

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