2011

SK5539 : The former Lenton United cricket ground

taken 16 years ago, near to Lenton, Nottingham, England

The former Lenton United cricket ground
The former Lenton United cricket ground
Now the L-shaped playing fields of Greenholme School, this was once the home of Lenton United CC and the venue for a popular and keenly-contested annual six-a-side tournament. The site of my first slip catch in adult cricket is just to the left, in the quarter of the cricket field which is now occupied by Derby Road Medical Practice. This was a typical urban ground, with terraced housebacks on one side, industrial buildings at one end and a wooden fence at the other; there were advertising hoardings on the Derby Road side, where there are now trees. The red feathery thing poking above the houses on Cycle Road (the Raleigh Cycle Factory was on nearby Faraday Road) is the "Aspire" installation on the Nottingham University Jubilee Campus.

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SK5539, 381 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John Sutton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 16 April, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 17 April, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 553 395 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:57.0506N 1:10.6583W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 554 396
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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