Access road to Streeter's pit in Sipson Road
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Access road to Streeter's pit in Sipson Road
Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 5 Mar 2010
This area has for many years been a prime location for gravel pits, extracting Thames gravels for use in the construction industry. When the pits became worked out they were infilled with most of West London's domestic refuse and then returned to agricultural use.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.48524
Longitude
-0.452036