Open land under threat
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Open land under threat by David Williams as part of the Geograph project.
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Open land under threat
Image: © David Williams Taken: 20 Jul 2006
Looking at this picture it's difficult to imagine that the centre of Basildon New Town is about a mile away. Sadly, though, this area near Dry Site is under threat from developers who plan to put over 1,000 homes on the site. The Council tried to get the area classified as green belt - but failed
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Image Location
Latitude
51.551957
Longitude
0.441955
