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Giving Heanor its due

By clc on April 19, 2005 5:43 PM | | Comments (3)

There's a new addition to the ranks of UK mapping websites with the long-awaited launch of Google Maps UK. Here's a cropped screenshot of what the front page looks like...

Google map

Notice how the most significant place of note between Sheffield and Birmingham is not Nottingham, or Derby, or Burton, but Heanor?

It's wonderful that Google has finally given this small, declining, uninteresting market town the national recognition it deserves. Hee hee!

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