AstraZeneca Panorama

On my wanderings about the hills around Macclesfield I looked back on the Hurdsfield side of town and was struck by just how big the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical plant has now become. As the largest employer in the town it has a major impact on the local economy and it would be a disaster if production were to be moved elsewhere.

Hurdsfield Church can be seen, looking rather small, at the lower left, and Woodford Airfield and the soon to be closed BAE factory is in the background. The Macclesfield Canal runs behind the Leylandii on the far right.

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