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Dist:0.3km<br/>View of Langley Lane at its junction with Heywood Old Road. The row of terraced houses on the right hand side is named "Birch Villas" and dates from the late nineteenth century. [[[305848]]]
©David Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>Heading towards Langley and Middleton.
©Christine Johnstone
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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.3km<br/>There's always someone who wants to stand out from the neighbours.
©Christine Johnstone
Dist:0.3km<br/>St Mary's Church, Langley Lane, Birch
©David Dixon
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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.4km<br/>On the east side of Heywood Old Road.
©Christine Johnstone
Dist:0.4km<br/>The junction of Whittle Lane with Heywood Old Road at Birch near Middleton. SD85120760.
©Keith Williamson
Dist:0.4km<br/>One has painted the brickwork too.
©Christine Johnstone
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©Alexander P Kapp
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©Anthony Parkes
Dist:0.4km<br/>When first erected (1889?), the fountain was described as a handsome stone structure having a drinking cup for humans and water troughs for horses and dogs. It originally had a gilded gas lamp fitted to the top of the square pillar. http://www.middletonguardian.co.uk/community/nostalgia/s/1045602_h2ho_ho_ho The fountain originally stood at the Whittle Lane crossroads in Birch. When Heywood Old Road was upgraded in 1921, it was thought that the fountain would be a hazard to the increasing volume of traffic. The monument was moved temporary site, onto the footpath at the side of the White Hart hotel. [[[1693111]]]. It has remained in this "temporary" home for the last ninety years despite campaigns to have it restored and moved to a better location. http://www.middletonguardian.co.uk/community/nostalgia/s/506288_birch_blues_ and http://www.middletonguardian.co.uk/news/s/522421_fountain_set_for_new_home
©David Dixon
Dist:0.4km<br/>The White Hart is a gastropub and part of the Sizzling Pubs franchise in Birch, Greater Manchester, England. Birch (of Birch Service Station fame) is a suburban hamlet by the M62 motorway, located on Heywood Old Road, between the towns of Middleton and Heywood.
©Steven Haslington
Dist:0.4km<br/>The junction of Langley Lane with Heywood Old Road.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.4km<br/>The White Hart at Birch.
©David Dixon

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