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As it approaches Britannia, the A671 becomes Rochdale Road.
©David Dixon
Now Sedgwick Wealth Management
©robert wade
This used to be the Travellers Rest.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.1km<br/>This is the highest point between Whitworth and Bacup, also known as Trough Gate. The boundary stone bottom right states that it was the boundary between the hundreds of Salford and Blackburn.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.2km<br/>Due to be redeveloped as flats.
©robert wade
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking South East down the A671 Rochdale Road. The old Rochdale to Bacup railway line used to run down the right hand side of the picture. When it was built in the 19th century, the line was the highest on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's network It closed to passengers on 16 June 1947. The line remained open to goods traffic until the mid 1960s but by the end of 1967 the line no longer existed. Anniversary of last passenger trains http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/nostalgia/s/528/528939_anniversary_of_last_passenger_trains.html
©Paul Anderson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Rochdale Road (A671) is to the right, and New Line down to the left. Although New Line is only about a mile long, it is allocated its own number, (A6066). The road is not actually new - it existed in turnpike days, before the railways came to the Bacup area.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking east along the A671.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Now converted into apartments.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.3km<br/>Straight ahead is the former chapel which has now been converted into flats. This path descends to the junction of New Line and Rochdale Road just by the chapel.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.3km<br/>The A671 at Trough Gate, just after [[[518128]]].
©David Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>This is part of the A671. The bus is on Route 466, Bacup to Rochdale.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking eastwards along the A671, the rear of the former Beulah Chapel (now converted into apartments) is seen on the right. Some of the apartments are still advertised for sale. The altitude here is around 1000 feet, so it can be somewhat bleak in winter!
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.3km<br/>The road off to the left is the A6066. The former church at the junction has been converted into apartments.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>This landmark building is now flats
©robert wade

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