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Boats out of water, on the dock at Lytham. Viewed from the industrial yards adjacent.
©Roger May
Dist:0.3km<br/>It has an active boatyard which is totally dependent on the tide. It is a tributary of Wrea Brook which it joins very soon.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.4km<br/>The white spherical object on the horizon is some sort of storage tank at Warton Aerodrome. The land to the left of the embankment is saltmarsh, inhabited by wildfowl; that to the right, grazing for sheep.
©Mr T
Dist:0.4km<br/>Taken from coastal walk just off Gravings dock road.
©philip ruffley
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is the side of Lytham Creek. There is one jetty and slipway, but otherwise the mooring and beaching of boats does not look easy. The shot is taken directly into the sun which has caused some difficulty.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.4km<br/>Workshops and factories were demolished here to make way for new housing
©Peter Bond
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©Peter Bond
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©Peter Bond
Dist:0.5km<br/>This is a large expanse of land which is quite inhospitable to walkers. The River Ribble is somewhere over there.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.5km<br/>The rich agricultural land of the Ribble flood plain is criss-crossed by man-made drains such as this.
©Mr T
Dist:0.5km<br/>Now, sadly no longer there.
©Peter Bond
Dist:0.5km<br/>Access to the allotments is from the A584 which is on the other side from here. I noticed a sign stating that there are vacant plots which is unusual at the present time.
©Bill Boaden
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©Peter Bond
Dist:0.6km<br/>No, it isn't a sudden and inexplicable price-rise of about 300%. The sign is obviously being repaired or maintained and the workmen are experimenting with the display. A couple of minutes ago, the prices were somewhat lower, at 333.3p, 222.2p and 333.3p respectively!
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.6km<br/>The houses in the background are on Graving Dock road.
©Mr T

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