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Dist:0.2km<br/>Approaching the steepest section of the road as it climbs out of the Beal Valley. The houses are the start of Bottom Sholver where the road is marked by a chevron on the OS 1/50,000 map.
©michael ely
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking northeast up Cop Road at the western end of Sholver's refurbished housing estate. At the time this photo was taken Cop Road was closed for repairs.
©michael ely
Dist:0.2km<br/>The original Sholver estate was a concrete jungle of flats and maisonettes, and acquired a reputation as a no-go area. Most of the old estate was demolished and now has been rebuilt with modern housing and better, more open aspects.
©Roger May
Dist:0.3km<br/>This is the main estate pub situated on Sholver Green.
©michael ely
Dist:0.3km<br/>This is the start of a steep climb to Sholver. The phasing of the traffic lights isn't very sympathetic to cyclists. To see the Traffic lights in a wider context and read about their installation click here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/496249
©michael ely
Dist:0.3km<br/>Until recently this narrow single track lane was a real bottle neck with cars having to reverse out of the way to oncoming traffic. To solve this problem in June 2007 Oldham Council installed traffic lights on the single track section and also erected brand new street lighting on what was once a previously unlit road at night.
©Paul Anderson
Dist:0.5km<br/>Sholver Lane is the road seen right of shot as it climbs from Sholver Green to its junction with the A672, Ripponden Road. Sholver parish church can be seen in the distance.
©michael ely
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking north towards the centre of Sholver from the junction with Ripponden Road (A672). There are extensive views west, over the railings at left of shot, of the Beal Valley and a major landfill site.
©michael ely
Dist:0.5km<br/>This is a section of the Oldham to Rochdale railway line that is soon to be converted into light rail This is part of the latest Manchester Metrolink network construction programme http://www.metrolink.co.uk/
©Paul Anderson
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking towards Shaw from Cop Road. The new track has now been placed for the Manchester to Rochdale Metrolink Line on the site of the former Oldham Loop Line.
©Paul Hogg
Dist:0.6km<br/>
©Peter Whatley
Dist:0.6km<br/>Here the Crompton Circuit, an 11-mile walk around the town of Shaw, crosses the railway (Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham line) in the Beal Valley just east of Birshaw Farm.
©michael ely
Dist:0.6km<br/>Ripponden Road, between Wilkes Street and Alexandra Terrace, Moorside.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.6km<br/>This part of the Oldham to Rochdale railway line as it passes close to Heyside. There are currently plans to convert this section to light rail as part of Phase 3 of the Manchester Metrolink network. http://www.metrolink.co.uk/
©Paul Anderson
Dist:0.6km<br/>Ripponden Road, approaching Wilkes Street, between Watersheddings and Moorside.
©David Dixon

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