Little Switzerland
Introduction
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Little Switzerland
Image: © Peter Goodwin Taken: 27 Aug 2006
Known by the first residents in the fifties as Little Switzerland, the houses on the valley sides off Sturminster Road were built using the Laing Easiform system by the then council to rehouse families from inner city Bristol. The rest of Stockwood developed later.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.423194
Longitude
-2.555098