This aerial photo was taken from the south-east, looking towards Hucknall's town centre.The Byron Cinema can clear be seen in the centre of the picture, standing at the crossroad of High Street (top-right), Portland Road (bottom-left), Duke Street (middle-left), and Station Road (middle-right).
The L-shaped road (mid-right) is Bolsover Street). In the bottom-right corner of the picture are railway trucks, indicating sidings from the main railway line. This area is now occupied by Corman's Factory Shop, some industrial units, and Tesco petrol station.
To the top of the picture, the parish church can just be seen. Market stalls are also visible.
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The railway line where the railway trucks are parked is the remains of the former Great Northern Railway from Bulwell Common to Annesley Junction. Few traces of this remain. Old folks bungalows occupy the filled-in GNR cutting to the North West of the station hotel (across the road). Much of the trackbed remained until the closure and demolition of Hucknall No. 2 colliery around 1986. Tesco's and the Tesco garage occupy the location of the former GNR Hucknall railway station and yard.
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