A large wooden cross has been raised on a hill overlooking Otley ahead of Easter. Read more here: (📷 PA Media)
Volunteers helped to raise the giant wooden cross on Otley Chevin, a hill which overlooks the town of Otley in West YorkshireA large wooden cross has been raised on a hill overlooking Otley in West Yorkshire ahead of Easter.
The cross is put up by volunteers two weeks before Easter Sunday and taken down again two weeks afterwards. The current version is made from wood salvaged after the IRA's Manchester bomb attack on 15 June 1996.The cross is put up by volunteers two weeks before Easter Sunday and taken down again two weeks afterwards
"Many people also go to their windows to watch it happen from their homes - it definitely brings the whole town together."
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