Contrasting views, looking west (above) and east (below) from the bridge that takes Salts Mill Road over the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Abundant tree cover masks the surrounding office buildings and the old canalside boatmens' cottages provide a focal point. Some of the trees that have sprouted in the last year or so along the side of the canal will have to be cut back, as they are beginning to encroach on the waterway. (Since I took these, the trees have lost more leaves as we've had some wind.)
Looking east, the view is dominated by the newish office block, Merchants Quay, at Salts Wharf, off Ashley Lane. I think it currently houses an insurance broker. Beyond it, you can see the increasingly dilapidated brick warehouse that used to belong to the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Company. I don't know what it's used for, if anything, these days. A few years ago a police raid discovered cannabis with a street value of £1 million growing in there! (I don't suppose it helped that you could smell it outside... Someone obviously made a hash of it!)
Two quite different views.
ReplyDeleteThe increasingly dilapidated brick warehouse was built by Canal Transport Ltd. in the early thirties in the hope of generating trade "over the top" from Liverpool. A firm of Ikley architects recently produced detailed plans to convert the solidly-built warehouse into apartments. They looked gorgeous, but sadly nothing has come of it.
ReplyDeleteQuite a contrast in these two shots.
ReplyDeleteOh Jenny, thank you for your photos. You live in a beautiful place and you have such a good eye for letting others know about it. I am writing from the USA in the throes of electionitis, and this is a good reminder that the world is a big and wonderful place.
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