Site of a new Lidl supermarket, Barnfield Road, Swindon 02.07.2009
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Site of a new Lidl supermarket, Barnfield Road, Swindon 02.07.2009
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 2 Jul 2009
The groundworks phase is well under way on a plot of land formerly used as allotment gardens. That use had to cease in the 1990s when it was discovered that the land had become contaminated with lead. The reasons for this were never fully established but a possible explanation was that allotment holders may have used sewage sludge from the sewage treatment works nearby as a soil conditioner.
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Image Location
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51.567409
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-1.809654