Greenwich meridian obelisk in Meridian Road, Lewes

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Greenwich meridian obelisk in Meridian Road, Lewes

Image: © steve ridley Taken: 25 Mar 2011

This picture was taken standing on the Greenwich meridian looking North. The Airy meridian crosses the road in the middle of this picture; see this http://www.riddlerworld.co.uk/meridian/PG1078.htm for an alternate image with the meridian superimposed as a yellow line. This is where the Airy meridian crosses Meridian Road in lewes, The council have erected an obelisk on the Bradley meridian which is on the right hand edge of this photo. See this http://www.thegreenwichmeridian.org/tgm/location.php?i_latitude=50.879559&i_type=

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.879577
Longitude
-0.001661