It was a school
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It was a school
Image: © Bill Nicholls Taken: 17 Jan 2011
I'm presuming this was St Johns school but now it has been converted into a library and the playground into a road leading to some council buildings behind. The building also was supposed to have a benchmark on but no sign of it could be seen.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.188436
Longitude
-2.23562