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The main street in Bottom Boat Village near Wakefield
©Mick Melvin
Two very different types of tower. The twin towers of Stanley St Peters church [[1001347]] appear dwarfed by this pylon.
©Mike Kirby
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©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.1km<br/>Growing amongst the other poppies, see [[1505842]], I spotted a few of these blood red poppies with black centres. I think they may be Oriental poppies.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Trans Pennine Trail, and The Wakefield Way run along the back of Lake Yard. See [[1505785]]
©Mike Kirby
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©Bill Henderson
Dist:0.2km<br/>A solitary clump of double-headed daffodils on the west bank of the R.Calder.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.2km<br/>Poppies, and even a sunflower, (below pylon), have invaded this cabbage field.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.2km<br/>Former canal navigation cottages and workshops, for the Aire and Calder Navigation Company, dated 1802. These grade II listed buildings of coursed squared stone with stone and Welsh slate roofs, are a symmetrical arrangement of buildings consisting of a 3-bay central house breaking forward slightly from the flanking 6-bay cottages,(each, formerly 2 cottages). The former 7-bay workshops are set back to each side, with 9- and 7-bay cartsheds attached to left and right respectively. (7 bay to rt. out of picture, and now glazed). Altered 1980s, now 5 private dwellings with no public access, so impossible to photograph the buildings in full.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.2km<br/>Yes, it really is a sunflower. See [[1505842]]
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.2km<br/>The cartsheds have cylindrical stone piers with square caps, supporting stone mono roofs. (cropped from main picture to show detail). [[1505785]]
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.2km<br/>The former workshop ranges each have a large central, segmental-headed cart entry, (now glazed), with a small round-arched former loading door above, (now a window), and hipped roofs. See [[1505785]]
©Mike Kirby
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©JThomas
Dist:0.2km<br/>Built into the rear walls of Lake Yard, [[1505810]], are what I assume were the coal holes, one for each of the original cottages.
©Mike Kirby
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©Betty Longbottom

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