Millennium Mileage Marker - Brackmills- Northants
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Norfolk12
N 52° 13.284 W 000° 50.684
30U E 647220 N 5787852
A millennium mileage marker. This is on the dis-used railway track leading from Great Houghton to Brackmills country park and is on route 6 of the national cycle network.
Waymark Code: WMDXBZ
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/06/2012
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One of the 1000 mileage posts placed for the millennium. This one is on the old railway line Nr Brackmills In Northampton.
A system of symbols is based on that used by the Danish Cycle Network.
1000 Millennium cast iron mileposts funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland to mark the creation of the National Cycle Network, and found along the cycles routes through the UK.
There are four different types of posts, "Fossil Tree" (designed by John Mills), "The Cockerel" (designed by Iain McColl), Rowe Type by Andrew Rowe, and "Tracks" (designed by David Dudgeon).
The four artists are from each country of the UK, though all posts can be found in all four countries.
Condition: Immaculate
Date placed: 01/01/2000
Material: Metal
Inscription:
Mileages
Name of road: Old railway walk - route 6 national cycle netwrork
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