Set on the disused landfill spot known as Top o Slate (SD 793 236), the Halo is a large sculpture overlooking Haslingden. Designed by John Kennedy of LandLab, the Halo is the final sculpture of four in the Panopticon Arts and Regeneration Project. The other three sculptures are all located in Lancashire and are The Atom, Colourfields and the Singing Ringing Tree. From the sculpture you can see Ingleborough, a distinctively flat topped limestone mountain 32 miles away in the Yorkshire Dales.
I walked up to the Halo today partly to recce a night run and was amazed by how quickly yesterdays snow had disappeared, just enough in a sheltered spot for a snowball. Weather was dry but with substantial wind chill on exposed spots.
After dark, the 18m diametre steel structure is lit up using blue LEDs powered by a nearby wind turbine. See part 2 for the Halo at night!
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