High Street car park south of Hall Street, Blackwood
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The photograph on this page of High Street car park south of Hall Street, Blackwood by Jaggery as part of the Geograph project.
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High Street car park south of Hall Street, Blackwood
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 18 Feb 2014
The long, narrow car park is behind shops on the eastern side of High Street. Its shape suggests a former railway site, a conjecture confirmed by a 1940s map, which shows a railway here. Blackwood railway station (long since demolished) used to be about 600 metres behind the camera.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.666145
Longitude
-3.194557