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Dist:0.2km<br/>Carries New Lane over the Lancaster Canal
©Bob Jenkins
Dist:0.2km<br/>Carries New Lane
©Bob Jenkins
Dist:0.3km<br/>Claughton Lane Bridge
©Michael Graham
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©Philip Holt
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©Steve Daniels
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©Steve Daniels
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking south
©David Medcalf
Dist:0.4km<br/>Carries a short lane to a house, and a footpath.
©Bob Jenkins
Dist:0.4km<br/>Carries a public footpath from the nearby A6
©Michael Graham
Dist:0.4km<br/>Rivet bench mark on top of milestone. For a wider view of the milestone see [[1792506]], [[1792541]] and http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm33885 A bench mark is an Ordnance Survey arrowhead sign found on walls, bridges, churches and specially erected triangulation pillars where the altitude above sea-level has been accurately measured by surveyors. The arrowhead points to a horizontal line above it which marks the exact altitude. With rivets and pivots there is no datum (horizontal line) cut, the pointed-to horizontal surface defining the datum height.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.4km<br/>The milestone erected by the Preston and Garstang Turnpike Trust which was established in 1751. For a wider view of the milestone see [[1792506]]. The milestone has a bench mark on its top. Turnpikes were administered by turnpike trusts, which were authorised by private act of parliament. The trusts laid down a network of soundly constructed roads throughout the country, replacing parochial maintenance system on many highways and substantially improving communications. The first English turnpike roads were authorised by an act of 1663. By the 1880s there were about 8000 tollgates and 22,000 miles of highway. The trusts engineers, notably John Macadam, constructed many new roads, which by the 1800s were being utilized by an efficient stagecoach system. However, railway expansion after 1830 led to the rapid decline of stagecoaches and turnpike revenue.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.4km<br/>Milestone set on the wide grass verge of the A6. Moles have been busy under the grass and the footpath sign takes walkers towards the M6 and beyond.
©Trish Steel
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©Philip Holt
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©Tom Richardson
Dist:0.5km<br/>Bend in the canal near Newcroft Farm the haunt of many fly chasing Swallows
©Michael Graham

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