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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Farewell to bridge with iconic cathedral view
Work to demolish a pedestrian bridge in Lincoln has been completed. Scott's Bridge, on Melville Street, was brought down over the weekend. The work was part of a Lincolnshire Co-op scheme to build a new hotel and residential development at the nearby former City Square shopping centre. The bridge was a popular spot for photographers due to the scenic views it provided of the city's cathedral. Earlier this month, members of Dunholme Camera Club visited the bridge to bid farewell. Graham Halliday said he understood that redeveloping the area was important, but he said the bridge was an "iconic place" that offered direct views of the cathedral. The Co-op said last month that it was in "advanced negotiations" with an international hotel developer and operator, and there had also been interest from several developers for residential properties on the rest of the site, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Photographers say farewell to 'irreplaceable' view New city centre hotel plans due to be approved Lincolnshire Co-op Local Democracy Reporting Service
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Farewell to Lincoln bridge with iconic cathedral view
Work to demolish a pedestrian bridge in Lincoln has been Bridge, on Melville Street, was brought down over the work was part of a Lincolnshire Co-op scheme to build a new hotel and residential development at the nearby former City Square shopping bridge was a popular spot for photographers due to the scenic views it provided of the city's cathedral. Earlier this month, members of Dunholme Camera Club visited the bridge to bid Halliday said he understood that redeveloping the area was important, but he said the bridge was an "iconic place" that offered direct views of the Co-op said last month that it was in "advanced negotiations" with an international hotel developer and operator, and there had also been interest from several developers for residential properties on the rest of the site, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
01-05-2025
- BBC News
Lincoln photographers say farewell to 'irreplaceable' view
"This is, for photographers, a unique place," says Grahame Dunkin. He is standing on a footbridge over a busy dual carriageway which runs through the centre of is joined by fellow members of the Dunholme Camera Club, who agree with him that the view from the bridge is "irreplaceable".Scott's Bridge, on Melville Street, is due to be demolished in May as part of the redevelopment of the former City Square shopping centre. Lincolnshire Co-op is planning to build a new hotel and residential remembers the bridge as far back as the 1960s. "There isn't anywhere else we can go to get this altitude," he says. "It's a great position to be able to get different photographs. You get a different perspective from here." Graham Halliday, a member of Dunholme camera club and a keen photographer since childhood, says he understands that redeveloping the area is he argues that the bridge is an "iconic place", as it offers a direct view up to Lincoln cathedral."The cathedral isn't going anywhere, but once the bridge has gone we've lost this viewpoint forever," he says. "You can see the cathedral straight on. We can try to go on the roofs of some of the buildings nearby, but trees and buildings will be in the way."There are thousands of photos of the cathedral from all over the area. But this spot, we're going to lose." The City Square site has been vacant since 2019 and the shopping centre was demolished last bridge is due to be closed to the public from 5 May before it is taken down between 16 and 19 Co-op has previously said it is looking forward to bringing new services to the area, "which will support tourism in Lincoln and create more housing".For the photographers, however, the change will mean the loss of a cherished Guest, another member of the camera club, says it is not just the sight of the cathedral she loves, but the view the bridge provides of the River Witham, as well as the possibilities it offers for experimenting with photography.'We do long exposure: you get light trails coming down and the cathedral is lit up at the back. It's very good. "For a lot of new members, who haven't done a lot of long exposure, this is ideal to stand up here. You're not in anyone's way."Our camera club come every June normally. We'll have to find somewhere else to go in future. "Is this bridge irreplaceable? I think so. Some might disagree but I think so." Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
