Enclosed footpath from Winmarith Drive
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Enclosed footpath from Winmarith Drive
Image: © Anthony O'Neil Taken: 9 Nov 2013
It seems unlikely that the current residents here realise that this path is all that remains of the right-of-way, across open farmland, from Hale Road to Warburton Green. The 1950s building boom in Hale Barns obliterated most of the meadows, copses and fields that surrounded it before the War. There is a (1954) watercolour sketch of the meadow - belonging to Prospect House - which once bordered the brown fence (formerly iron railings) to the right of the photo. Just beyond these railings was a stand of massive beech trees, with a rookery. The meadow was ankle deep in daisies, buttercups, clover and rough grass. Several ponies grazed there, and the nearby pond attracted dragonflies in the summer months. What a change!
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Image Location
Latitude
53.364984
Longitude
-2.306971
