Stile to Vanished Footpath
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Stile to Vanished Footpath
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 6 Apr 2011
One of those "marked on the map but not there any more" ones. This stile leads you to about 200m more footpath which then vanishes into new farm tracks and the original line has been removed. This area was at one time a well known fruit growing area. It even had a big sign on the A34 directing fruit fanciers to the farms and stalls, but most of that closed down years ago and the orchard acreage is a fraction of what it was. The map still marks far more than now exists. What does remain are the lines of tall trees around the fields that were put in as wind breaks. They are a prominent feature of this small area.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.60477
Longitude
-1.299931