Foredown Tower
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Foredown Tower by Simon Carey as part of the Geograph project.
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Foredown Tower
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 2 Dec 2010
Former water tower built in 1909 for a sanatorium which once lay to the right where the houses are. The hospital was demolished in 1989 but left the tower which reopened in 1991 as a countryside centre which also contained a camera obscura projecting images from the tower into a cupola below. The centre was closed by the council due to lack of funds in 2008 and various schemes to reopen it have so failed and thus currently remains closed to the public.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.85058
Longitude
-0.215718