Best UK picturesque urban location
Best UK picturesque urban location
Nelson. I think.
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... I once and once is enough, lived in the town on Smith St. At least there, one has the absolute peace of being nobody. I quite liked living there, if it had been a street off an exciting city it would have been a cool place to absolve oneself from all concern.
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Tbf theres a lot of picturesque places in and around Nelson.
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Best town in the world 30/40 plus years ago.
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You’d be a brave man to live on smith street nowadays, or anywhere either side of Barkerhouse Road from the chippy to the roundabout at Marsden hall roadPstotto wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:26 pm... I once and once is enough, lived in the town on Smith St. At least there, one has the absolute peace of being nobody. I quite liked living there, if it had been a street off an exciting city it would have been a cool place to absolve oneself from all concern.
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Urban. Plenty. Love Bristol. Manchester. Even Back streets of Burnley.
Plenty of places with charm and character. Even ugly places.
Plenty of places with charm and character. Even ugly places.
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Bless you!! Yes... Chester is nice down by the river and the racecourse.
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Wimbledon village. Odd to think it's in London. I got off the train there the first time and thought I'd got off at the wrong place.
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Not odd to think it's London at all. My vote would be Hampstead Heath. London is a fantastically green city and the most attractive in England by far.
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City of Worcester. Quite urban, a bit poor, but the streets are nice and minutes from gorgeous countryside
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I've grown quite fond of Sheffield, built on 7 hills like Rome the locals reckon. Parts of it are so ugly and post-industrial it definitely has it's own charm. Those 'brutalist' Park Hill flats are a good example. And obviously views all round of the Peak District if nature is your thing.
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View from the top tier of the Longside.
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Swansea City Centre - older photo as you can see the Vetch Field
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Luckily I live close to the river in Chester and have been walking along the side of the racecourse as part of my daily exercise routine. I thoroughly agree it's very picturesque and strangely therapeuticYes... Chester is nice down by the river and the racecourse.
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I loved living in the diversity of London and Bethnal Green in particular.
Short walk to Broadway Market, only on a Saturday but the best Market I have ever been to, from here hop onto the Regents canal and short walk to Victoria Park, large park, boating lake, the Pavillion has been voted best cafe in London on occasions. See all the boats and locks being worked, Sunday the Market is on, plus you can continue in any direction up/down Regents Canal, see the boats being lived in. Additionally at the top end of Broadway Market is London Fields Park, great at weekends watching cricket and having a lazy day plus seeing the area of natural flowers which are so nice when in bloom.
It was also a short walk to Columbia Road Flower Market on Sundays, plus down to Brick Lane, the are has a superb collection of pubs/bars/restaurants
A slightly longer walk you can be at the Tower of London/Tower Bridge and St. Catherine's Dock.
As someone already mentioned London has a huge amount of parks/green areas, most of any city in the world I believe, infrastructure allows easy travel to so many wonderful places.
But the UK is blessed with so many wonderful areas within a small area, difficult to chose one and we all have different drivers.
Short walk to Broadway Market, only on a Saturday but the best Market I have ever been to, from here hop onto the Regents canal and short walk to Victoria Park, large park, boating lake, the Pavillion has been voted best cafe in London on occasions. See all the boats and locks being worked, Sunday the Market is on, plus you can continue in any direction up/down Regents Canal, see the boats being lived in. Additionally at the top end of Broadway Market is London Fields Park, great at weekends watching cricket and having a lazy day plus seeing the area of natural flowers which are so nice when in bloom.
It was also a short walk to Columbia Road Flower Market on Sundays, plus down to Brick Lane, the are has a superb collection of pubs/bars/restaurants
A slightly longer walk you can be at the Tower of London/Tower Bridge and St. Catherine's Dock.
As someone already mentioned London has a huge amount of parks/green areas, most of any city in the world I believe, infrastructure allows easy travel to so many wonderful places.
But the UK is blessed with so many wonderful areas within a small area, difficult to chose one and we all have different drivers.
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Newcastle Quayside / Grey Street. The views down the river from the Free Trade Inn in Newcastle would take some beating for an urban pub view too.
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Now that Wentworth's cancelled... Marsden Golf Course. The crowds would be immense... And then hopefully a terrorist attack. I hate golfers...
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Of course Grey St. in Burnley and those streets, so very urban. If one thinks of the moorland soil underneath and the stone construct of the citadel, then you've had a bit to drink.
Pendle in the background is not not really that much different as an awesome cosmic context, to the fantastic Tyneside photos of Chris Killip:
www.innewcastle.co.uk/the-last-ships/
Both the absolution and predicament of temporal quotidian life in the sublime.
Pendle in the background is not not really that much different as an awesome cosmic context, to the fantastic Tyneside photos of Chris Killip:
www.innewcastle.co.uk/the-last-ships/
Both the absolution and predicament of temporal quotidian life in the sublime.
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Council estate poodle panky, Aclaret.
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I regret not killing the protagonists on one level, but if one dips one toe...
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First next step, the Debbie after.
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Ship dominating the toon just as the turf dominates the town. Love the photo PstottoPstotto wrote: ↑Sat Aug 08, 2020 8:13 pmOf course Grey St. in Burnley and those streets, so very urban. If one thinks of the moorland soil underneath and the stone construct of the citadel, then you've had a bit to drink.
Pendle in the background is not not really that much different as an awesome cosmic context, to the fantastic Tyneside photos of Chris Killip:
www.innewcastle.co.uk/the-last-ships/
Both the absolution and predicament of temporal quotidian life in the sublime.
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Having not been to Barkerhouse Road since my grandmother died 40 years ago, why would you be brave to go there. Spent many happy hours as a small boy watching the trains from the bridge over the level crossing?
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I'm rather fond of Butler's Wharf
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This is the view *from* Butler's Wharf
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I stumbled upon that Chris Killip show one lunchtime when arriving at the Laing a bit early for a meeting. It was absolutely superb.Pstotto wrote: ↑Sat Aug 08, 2020 8:13 pmPendle in the background is not not really that much different as an awesome cosmic context, to the fantastic Tyneside photos of Chris Killip:
www.innewcastle.co.uk/the-last-ships/
Both the absolution and predicament of temporal quotidian life in the sublime.
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Chris Killip is a fabulous photographer. Are you into photography? I’m lucky enough to know several of the countries finest, including John Bulmer, whose book The North documents Nelson & the area in the early 60’s.what_no_pies wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 10:18 amI stumbled upon that Chris Killip show one lunchtime when arriving at the Laing a bit early for a meeting. It was absolutely superb.
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My Dad took photo's of the Stock Cars as a sideline for many years and whilst I've never focused on any one sibject I've always had a half decent eye for it.LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:51 pmChris Killip is a fabulous photographer. Are you into photography? I’m lucky enough to know several of the countries finest, including John Bulmer, whose book The North documents Nelson & the area in the early 60’s.
Richard Billingham's photos really resonated with me when I saw them many years ago and I've git a few photograph books on the shelf so I guess I'm something of an enthusiast.
I hadn't heard of John Bulmer but I've just had a really quick look and they're captivating. I'll be having. A much closer look when I can spend some time with those images. Thanks for mentioning him.