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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Love locks on Derbyshire bridge may get new home after outcry over removal

Padlocks attached to the railings of the footbirdge
‘These are not just rusty padlocks, these are memories’: about 40,000 locks are attached to Weir footbridge. Photograph: David Dixon/Alamy

Tens of thousands of love locks due to be removed from a Derbyshire bridge and melted down could be saved at the 11th hour after the owner of a nearby stately home offered to relocate them.

About 40,000 locks attached to the Weir footbridge in Bakewell over the course of a decade were to be removed and recycled by Derbyshire county council so maintenance work could be carried out on the bridge.

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