2020
SD5051 : Pennine Tower, Forton Services
taken 4 years ago, near to Forton, Lancashire, England
Pennine Tower, Forton Services
Built in 1964-5, the tower is at the first service station to be built in the UK. It was the Preston section of the M6 which was the first motorway to be constructed. The tower had a top floor restaurant and sundeck and is Grade II listed Link
M6 Motorway
The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby to the Gretna junction (J45). Here it becomes the A74(M) and M74 which continues to Glasgow.
The M6 is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom (232 miles) and one of the busiest. It incorporates the first length of motorway opened in the UK (the Preston bypass in 1958) and forms part of a motorway "Backbone of Britain", running north-south between London and Glasgow via the industrial north of England. It is also part of the east-west route between the Midlands and the east coast ports.
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- SD5051, 122 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Eirian Evans (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 10 September, 2020 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 25 September, 2020
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SD 502 519 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:57.6951N 2:45.6028W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SD 502 519
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
