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Dist:0.4km north<br/>
©David Long
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Despite still looking derelict, Nature has reasserted itself, according to the interpretation boards on site.
©David Long
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Millom youth hostel is in this grid square and the buoy stands sentinel at the end of its garden. The photo looks across the estuary to the furness peninsula.
©Simon Pudsey
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Grass has almost completely covered over slag heaps in the foreground.
©David Long
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Facing The Hill ([[SD1784]]), Millom.
©Stuart Kirkwood
Dist:0.5km north<br/>Millom was formerly an active port, but the dangerous channels meant a pilot service was required. These days there is little activity on the water. The nearby iron works and all the rail services closed down in the 1960s.
©Andrew Hill
Dist:0.5km north<br/>Low Tide on the Duddon; Coniston Old Man appearing behind mast-head.
©Andrew Woodhall
Dist:0.8km east<br/>On the Duddon estuary, once an integral feature of Hodbarrow Iron Works.
©Andrew Woodhall
Dist:0.9km south<br/>The skyline is the far (eastern) side of the Duddon estuary.
©Andrew Hill
Dist:1.0km west<br/>
©Andrew Hill
Dist:1.1km south<br/>The lagoon is the result of flooding of former mining area.
©Andrew Hill
Dist:1.1km west<br/>Duddon estuary runs behind the town.
©Andrew Hill
Dist:1.2km northwest<br/>
©Andrew Hill
Dist:1.2km southwest<br/>Broom bushes in full bloom - following the equally vivid display from the gorse.
©Andrew Hill
Dist:1.2km west<br/>Overlooking the town centre. Coniston fells left background.
©Andrew Hill

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