2014

SD7304 : Walkden from the air

taken 11 years ago, near to Walkden, Salford, England

Walkden from the air
Walkden from the air
The M61 motorway is visible in the lower left corner. Bleckleach Reservoir is visible at the bottom of the photo, the A575 Bolton Road is also prominent.

Viewed from a Manchester bound flight from Prague.
Flying Into Manchester

A series of photos taken from a commercial (Jet2 LinkExternal link ) flight from Prague to Manchester on 18th April 2014. The initial approach was from the north east, having crossed the North Sea coast north of The Wash. The final approach needed to be from the south west, which entailed a triangular route from Mexborough due west to Atherton where a turn was made to the south-south west before turning sharply to the north east around Sandiway.

The first photo was taken at Mexborough; this and the first half dozen photos were taken in cloudy conditions, but the remainder of the route was clear and sunny.


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Geographical Context: Suburb, Urban fringe Air transport City, Town centre Primary Subject: Town other tags: Aerial Photograph Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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SD7304, 18 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Thomas Nugent   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 18 April, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 24 April, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 73 04 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 53:32.1885N 2:24.0783W
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