Cruising along M62 today, SWMBO asked exactly where in Manchester was the location that the "Manchester 7 miles" referred to?
I think the mileposts on old pre-motorway roads gave distances to the parish church of the next town, does anyone know what the current system is?
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I thought it was the town hall?
JH
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I thought it was the station! :-/
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I thought it was the city limits.
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a programme on the box last year said it was indeed town halls but it was on the bbc
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It's some central point. In London it always used to be Charing Cross, but I'm not sure if it still is.
I think you can take it that the mileage will be to somewhere in the city / town centre.
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"In London it always used to be Charing Cross"
I always thought it was Marble Arch - but I don't know why!
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Phil
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www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/08/15/c...l
"Where Is The Centre Of London?"
"...the actual point for measuring the distance to and from London is located at Charing Cross, Westminster."
"the real reason goes back over 700 years to the reign of Edward I." Sorry this is not a motoring link.
The original cross was south of Trafalgar Square where the statue of King Charles I now stands. A plaque can be found on the floor behind the statue stating that mileage distances on road signage are still measured from this point.
Distances from London;
Manchester 184 miles
Liverpool 198 miles
Paris 257 miles
Glasgow 389 miles
Geneva 539 miles
Rome 1118 miles
Los Angeles 5455 miles
Bangkok 5931 miles
Sydney 10,500 miles
The moon 240,000 miles (approx.)
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a bbc link sorry if it said sid of peckham i would have more faith these days...........shame really
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Appologies for going slightly off subject of London but what's the official milege from Land's end to John o'Groats?
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Its not what you drive, its how you drive it! :-)
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The figure of 874 rings a bell - but there are so many different ways to go.
Maybe 874 is what it says in the signposts at each end.
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Maybe 874 is what it says in the signposts at each end.
Indeed. see the links below
(Google & 874 miles gets 92K hits)
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/johnogroats/johnogr...l
www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/En...m
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