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<br/>Calder and Hebble Navigation. The loading bays had long been disused.
©S Parish
Dist:0.2km north<br/>looking Westward from the bridge carrying the Slaithwaite Road
©Nigel Homer
Dist:0.2km north<br/>
©Steve Fareham
Dist:0.3km north<br/>For view west see [[596136]]
©Steve Fareham
Dist:0.4km north<br/>
©Nigel Homer
Dist:0.4km north<br/>descending westward towards the Calder. The name suggest that this is an ancient track.
©Nigel Homer
Dist:0.4km north<br/>These were the offices of Thornhill Urban District Council, which had a short life from 1894 to 1910, when it became part of Dewsbury County Borough.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Photo taken while standing on Thornhill locks.
©Paul Rudge
Dist:0.5km north<br/>
©Nigel Homer
Dist:0.5km north<br/>This chapel is up for sale, so will be converted to something else before long.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.6km east<br/>Dewsbury locks on the Calder and Hebble navigation.
©David Stowell
Dist:0.6km east<br/>
©Nigel Homer
Dist:0.7km west<br/>Back-to-backs, but rather superior ones. Unusual in that the two houses facing the camera are much wider than the two behind them. The date on the shaped gable is 1875. The road past the gable-end is Lees hall Road, Fiddler's Hill is to the right.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.8km south<br/>The Town is the name of the main street of Thornhill village. For a closer view of the drinking fountain see [[1002265]]
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.8km south<br/>The road junction is with The Town, and Overthorpe Road continues round to the left. The building on the right looks like a former barn.
©Humphrey Bolton

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