Hospital Road, Wingland

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The photograph on this page of Hospital Road, Wingland by David Prestidge as part of the Geograph project.

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Hospital Road, Wingland

Image: © David Prestidge Taken: 13 Feb 2007

A bizarre name this, as no-one can remember there being a hospital in the vicinity. The reclaimed marshland hereabouts is called Wingland, after an adventurer called Tycho Wing, who was one of the drainage pioneers.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.778239
Longitude
0.218683