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<br/>This Old school stand in front of St.Mary's Church Swillington Leeds
©Mick Melvin
Dist:0.1km north<br/>
©Steve Partridge
Dist:0.8km south<br/>
©Bill Henderson
Dist:1.0km south<br/>The Leeds Country Way passes close to Swillington Park
©Mick Melvin
Dist:1.1km north<br/>Whitehouse lane.
©Steve Fareham
Dist:1.1km north<br/>A footpath runs between thorny hedges to link Hollinthorpe to paths around the nearby brickworks.
©Lis Burke
Dist:1.2km east<br/>A view of Great Preston, looking South East from Little Preston. Goody Cross cottages are just off screen at the left of the image.
©Richard Copley
Dist:1.2km north<br/>Looking south east from the perimeter path across a hawthorn hedge
©Lis Burke
Dist:1.3km northeast<br/>View across fields with Ferrybridge Power Station in the distance.
©Darren Haddock
Dist:1.3km southeast<br/>This walking drag line excavator was built in 1948 by the Bucyrus erie co, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, It worked in the U.S.A for 4yrs before it was dismantled and shipped to England. It’s been dismantled 4 times in it’s history and worked in Pontyprid, South Wales and Cannock , Staffordshire. It finally moved to the St Aidans opencast mine near Leeds in 1972 where it worked until 1983. It is one of only four remaining drag line excavators still in existence. It weighs 1200 tons and has a bucket capacity of 20 cubic yards. To see more information and pictures see here http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=265602590&blogID=375577351
©philld
Dist:1.4km southwest<br/>The Pipe crossing the river Aire at Swillington Bridge
©Mick Melvin
Dist:1.4km northeast<br/>View from Whitehouse Lane to Brecks Farm with Garforth in the background.
©Darren Haddock
Dist:1.4km southeast<br/>The footpath to Little Preston at Fleakingley Bridge
©Mick Melvin
Dist:1.5km west<br/>Just off Newsam Green Road. Looking W.
©Steve Partridge
Dist:1.5km northwest<br/>Bullerthorpe Lane, as it passes the end of The Avenue and Avenue Woods in Temple Newsam Park. The M1 Motorway beyond the lane.
©RichTea

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